Expérience de la Machine Aërostatique de M. Montgolfier au Chat. De la Muette, le 21 9bre 1783.
Object Details
- Physical Description
- Hand-colored etching of a crowd gathered in front of the Chateau de la Muette to watch the take-off of the first free flight of a balloon carrying human beings aloft, November 21, 1783. Balloon, trees, and roof of palace hand-colored with blue ink. The rest is uncolored. Descriptive paragraph below image in French.
- 'A Paris chez Esnauts et Rapilly, rue St. Jacques, a la Ville de Coutance'
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
- Data Source
- National Air and Space Museum
- Inventory Number
- A20140394000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- ART-Prints, Original
- Medium
- Print, Etching on Paper, Colored
- Dimensions
- Mat (H x W): 40.6 × 33cm (16 × 13 in.)
- Unmatted (H x W): 33.3 × 21.9cm (13 1/8 × 8 5/8 in.)
- Country of Origin
- France
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Record ID
- nasm_A20140394000
