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Object Details
Type ART-Prints, Original Medium Print, Aquatint on Paper, Colored Physical Description Colored aquatint of the aircraft designed by Mr. Petin. It has a strong but lightweight structure suspended from three balloons. Text in French within and below the image describe the aircraft. Ernest Petin (1812-1878), a hatter and aeronaut active in Europe and America suggested a navigable airship with four spherical balloons and a wooden platform in 1850. The craft would have measured 200 feet long and thirty feet wide. Petin toured France exhibiting models of his craft and attempting to fund its construction. His work was described in, Nouveau System de Direction Aerienne (1850). "Aerial Navigation," Scientific American (April 17, 1852) describes a lecture on his plan of aerial navigation that Petin presented at the Broadway Tabernacle. He illustrated his talk with a large painting of his multi-balloon craft. Dimensions Mat: 25.4 × 30.5cm (10 × 12 in.)
Unmatted: 8.4 × 16.2cm (3 5/16 × 6 3/8 in.)
 Inventory Number A20140392006 Credit Line Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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