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. 1874
Type
ART-Paintings
Medium
Painting, Watercolor/Gouache on Paper
Artist
C. Delacy Physical Description
Gouache and watercolor painting on paper of the British fishing boat, Grand Charge, coming to the rescue of a Jules Durof and his wife after their balloon crashed into the North Sea in July 1874. Taunted by the crowd, the pair launched from Calais in a considerable wind, were blown out to sea, and assumed lost.
The artist may be Charles John de Lacy (1856–1929), one of the foremost British marine artists of his generation.
Dimensions
2-D - Unframed (H x W): 41 × 68.4cm (16 1/8 × 26 15/16 in.)
2-D - In Frame (H x W x D): 55.9cm × 83.8cm × 3.8cm (22 × 33 × 1 1/2 in.) Inventory Number
A20140919000
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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