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
1894
Type
ART-Prints, Original
Medium
Print, Halftone Printing Process on Paper, Colored
Artist
Andre Castaigne
Physical Description
Colored halftone print of a balloon aloft over the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. The scene is meant to be a view from the roof of the Manufactures Building at sunset. Only the basket of the balloon is visible. A woman and a man are in the basket, with an American flag tied to the ropes. The woman is waving at someone below. A river, park, and large building are below, with Chicago in the background. A ferris wheel is on the horizon.
'Copyrighted, 1894, by G.B. Printed by Geroge Barrie."
Dimensions
2-D - Unframed (H x W): 39.7 × 29.7cm (15 5/8 × 11 11/16 in.)
Inventory Number
A20140583000
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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