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
Type
ART-Prints, Original
Medium
Print, Etching on Paper, Colored
Physical Description
Colored etching of Sadler and Captain Paget ascending in a balloon from the Mermaid Tavern, Hackney, on August 12, 1811. The print appears to have been reverse-adhered to a pane of glass, with mirroring and reverse glass painting around the edge of the paper. Newsprint in French adhered to the back of the frame.
Dimensions
2-D - In Frame (H x W x D): 44.5 × 34.6 × 1.3cm (17 1/2 × 13 5/8 × 1/2 in.)
Inventory Number
A20140915000
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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