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. 1850?
Type
ART-Paintings
Medium
Painting, Watercolor/Gouache on Paper
Physical Description
Watercolor/gouache painting on paper of a view of a circus in Paris. A balloon is seen aloft over the circus shortly after detaching the parachute. The parachute is descending as the balloon drifts away.
Dimensions
2-D - Unframed (H x W): 16.5 × 21.9cm (6 1/2 × 8 5/8 in.)
Inventory Number
A20140937000
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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