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Object Details
Type
ART-Prints, Original
Medium
Print, Relief on Paper, Uncolored
Physical Description
Uncolored relief print from a newspaper of a steam-powered balloon aircraft. The aircraft looks like a small steamship with four balloons attached, and paddles on the sides for forward momentum. Label inside mat says, 'Early Attempt to Overcome the Difficulty of Directing Balloons Made in 1794.'
Dimensions
Mat: 23.2 × 27.3cm (9 1/8 × 10 3/4 in.)
Unmatted: 15.2 × 20.6cm (6 in. × 8 1/8 in.) Inventory Number
A20140521000
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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