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 Charles and Robert's balloon ascending from the garden of the Thuilleries in December 1783. A crowd of spectators is on the ground. The multiple colors on the balloon is inaccurate.
'A. Sergene [illegible] sculp. Aqua forti 1783.' 'A Paris chez Tillard Graveur, Quai des Grands Augustins, Maison de M. Debure Fils Aîné, Libraire.'
Dimensions
Mat: 30.5 × 25.4cm (12 × 10 in.)
Unmatted: 22.9 × 16.5cm (9 in. × 6 1/2 in.)
Inventory Number
A20140665000
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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