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Object Details
Date 1837? Type ART-Prints, Original Medium Print, Lithograph on Paper with Newspaper Article Physical Description Colored lithograph showing three stages of Robert Cocking's fatal parachute descent on July 24, 1837. Top of the scene shows the parachute functioning properly after detaching from the balloon. The middle shows the parachute shortly after it malfunctioned and the frame collapsed. The bottom shows the parachute fully collapsed and descending rapidly. Charles Green's balloon is aloft in the top right corner of the image. Adhered to the same mat below the print is a newspaper article titled, "Description of the Parachute and Car, and Brief Account of the Fatal Descent of Mr. Cocking. By an Eye-Witness." Dimensions Mat: 45.7 × 35.6cm (18 × 14 in.)
Print: 23.7 × 14.3cm (9 5/16 × 5 5/8 in.)
Article: 10.5 × 22.4cm (4 1/8 × 8 13/16 in.)
 Inventory Number A20140563000 Credit Line Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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