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
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
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