Display Status
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Object Details
Country of Origin
France
Type
ART-Prints, Original
Medium
Print, Aquatint on Paper, Colored
Physical Description
Nine small aquatints of various ballooning scenes, all attached to same mat. 8 of the prints have a description in French below the image. The middle print has a French title incorporated into the scene.
1. Besnier
2. Charles and Robert, December 1, 1783, moving the balloon by tumbrel with torches
3. Perre Tustu-Brissy
4. Marquis de Bacquville
5. Inflating a hydrogen balloon
6. Death of Mme Blanchard, July 16, 1816
7. Peasants attacking the Charles globe, Gonesse, August 27, 1783
8. Death of de Rozier and Romain, 1785
9. Zambecari, 1812
Dimensions
Mat (H x W): 35.9 × 48.9cm (14 1/8 × 19 1/4 in.)
One print, approx. (H x W): 7 × 7.6cm (2 3/4 in. × 3 in.)
Inventory Number
A20140392000
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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