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
c. 1784
Country of Origin
France
Type
ART-Paintings
Medium
Painting, Gouache on Paper
Physical Description
Gouache on paper painting of a Montgolfier balloon, The Flesselle, aloft over the sea, with ships on the water. Three figures are watching from a dock on the left side of the image. Two figures are in the gondola of the balloon.
Painted on paper from a French ledger dated 1782 (see image of reverse).
Dimensions
2-D - Unframed (H x W): 36.8 × 25.4cm (14 1/2 in. × 10 in.)
Inventory Number
A20140945000
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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