The Great Pictorial Romance of the Age or Steam Ship Commodores & United States Mail Contractors.
Object Details
- Physical Description
- Uncolored lithograph commenting on the rush to California, featuring a balloon labeled 'California Mail Balloon via Nicaragua.' The balloon is aloft over the ocean with ships in the water. There are men on the balloon and ships, and all have speech bubbles. References are made to Cornelius Vanderbilt; Blondin, the wire walker; and Johnson's patent balloon.
- 'Published by Chas. F. Gildersleave, 17 Williams St. N.Y.'
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
- Data Source
- National Air and Space Museum
- Date
- c. 1849
- Inventory Number
- A20140658000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- ART-Prints, Original
- Medium
- Print, Lithograph on Paper, Uncolored
- Dimensions
- 2-D - Unframed (H x W): 41.4 × 55.2cm (16 5/16 × 21 3/4 in.)
- 2-D - In Frame (H x W x D): 48.3cm × 62.2cm × 3.8cm (19 × 24 1/2 × 1 1/2 in.)
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- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
- Display Area
- Hangar Overlook
- Record ID
- nasm_A20140658000
