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 flight from the Garden of the Tuileries on December 1, 1783. Scene shows a very large crowd gathered in the gardens with the balloon aloft. A small map charting the paths of the first three balloons flown from Paris (August, November, and December 1783) is below the scene. Around the map is a description of the event in French.
'A Paris chez Chercau ruë de Mathurins, auxdeux Pillers d'Or.'
Dimensions
2-D - Unframed (H x W): 30.5 × 39.4cm (12 in. × 15 1/2 in.)
Inventory Number
A20140599000
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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