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This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Object Details
Date c. 1785 Type ART-Prints, Original Medium Print, Etching on Paper, Colored Physical Description Hand-colored etching of Lunardi's ascension from the Artillery Grounds, London on May 13, 1785. Image shows the balloon shortly after takeoff with a modest crowd of spectators gathered in the grounds to watch. Dimensions 2-D - Unframed (H x W): 12.4 × 16.5cm (4 7/8 × 6 1/2 in.)
 Inventory Number A20141007000 Credit Line Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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