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Object Details
Date January 1819 Type ART-Prints, Original Medium Print, Etching on Paper, Colored Physical Description Colored etching of the first balloon launch within the Arctic Circle. The launch took place at Enontekis where the people of Torneȁ Lapmark assembled to watch. Scene shows balloon ascending among people, cabins, and deer, with water and mountains in the distance. 'Published Jan. 1819 by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London.' 'E.D. Clarke delt.' and 'R. Pollard Sculpt.' Accompanied by a manuscript, 'Extract from Dr. Clarke's Travels relative to the Ascent of a Balloon within the Arctic Circle.' that is in the NASM Archives. Dr. Edward Daniel Clarke provided an account of the event in, "Dr. Clarke's Travels in Scandanavia," Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany (September, 1819), pp. 254-255 Dimensions 2-D - Unframed (H x W): 21.3 × 27.1cm (8 3/8 × 10 11/16 in.)
2-D - In Frame (H x W x D): 33cm × 38.1cm × 3.8cm (13 × 15 × 1 1/2 in.)
 Inventory Number A20140497000 Credit Line Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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