Vue Prise de la Grille du Château. Expérience du Globe Aerostatique de MM. Charles et Robert faite dans le Jardin des Thuilleries sur le Bassin en face du Château le Ier Decembre 1783.
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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
2-D - Unframed (H x W): 22.9 × 16.5cm (9 in. × 6 1/2 in.)
2-D - In Frame (H x W x D): 38.1cm × 33cm × 3.8cm (15 × 13 × 1 1/2 in.) Inventory Number
A20140666000
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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