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Object Details

Type

ART-Reproductions

Medium

Print, Etching on Paper, Colored

Physical Description

Colored etching of the first free balloon flight with human beings by the Montgolfier brothers, November 21, 1783. The print is one of a set of illustrations for a book titled "Balloons" by the Aeriel Press, 1956, England. The prints have plate marks, and were done by K.G. Lohse, Frankfurt Germany.

Dimensions

2-D - Unframed (H x W): 40 × 29.5cm (15 3/4 × 11 5/8 in.)

Inventory Number

A20141053000

Credit Line

Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

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