Display Status
This object is on display in Hangar Overlook at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA.
Object Details
Type
ART-Prints, Original
Medium
Print, Lithograph on Paper, Colored
Physical Description
Colored lithograph of the fatal descent of Mr. Cocking's parachute from Vauxhall Gardens. The Royal Nassau Balloon, July 24, 1837, piloted by Charles Green accompanied by Edward Spencer, carried Cocking to an altitude of 55,000 feet. The image shows the parachute detached from the balloon and collapsing. It is descending rapidly and Mr. Cocking is in the basket waving his arms.This is the right half of a larger page that had two lithographs side by side. It has at some point been cut in half to display the lithographs seperately. A20140528000 is the left half.
'The Sketch taken by Eyewitness.' 'London Published by William Follit Sidney, Leicester Square, & Reeves & Sons, Cheapside.'
Dimensions
2-D - Unframed (H x W): 27.9 × 18.7cm (11 in. × 7 3/8 in.)
2-D - In Frame (H x W x D): 44.4cm × 35.6cm × 3.8cm (17 1/2 × 14 × 1 1/2 in.)
Inventory Number
A20140528001
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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