The Natives of Torneȁ Lapmark, afsembled sic at Enontekis, to witnefs sic the launching the first Balloon within the Arctic Circle.
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Object Details
Date
January 1819
Type
ART-Prints, Original
Medium
Print, Etching on Paper, Colored
Physical Description
Colored etching of the first balloon launch within the Arctic Circle. The launch took place at Enontekis where the people of Torneȁ Lapmark assembled to watch. Scene shows balloon ascending among people, cabins, and deer, with water and mountains in the distance.
'Published Jan. 1819 by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London.' 'E.D. Clarke delt.' and 'R. Pollard Sculpt.'
Accompanied by a manuscript, 'Extract from Dr. Clarke's Travels relative to the Ascent of a Balloon within the Arctic Circle.' that is in the NASM Archives.
Dr. Edward Daniel Clarke provided an account of the event in, "Dr. Clarke's Travels in Scandanavia," Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany (September, 1819), pp. 254-255
Dimensions
2-D - Unframed (H x W): 21.3 × 27.1cm (8 3/8 × 10 11/16 in.)
2-D - In Frame (H x W x D): 33cm × 38.1cm × 3.8cm (13 × 15 × 1 1/2 in.) Inventory Number
A20140497000
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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