The Great Nassau Balloon
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Object Details
- Physical Description
- Colored lithograph of Charles Green flying the Nassau balloon with Robert Cocking's parachute attached below. Presumably on the date of the fatal trial of the parachute, July 24, 1837.
- 'London, Published by T. Pewtress, 67 Newington Causeway.'
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
- Inventory Number
- A20140408000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- ART-Prints, Original
- Medium
- Print, Lithograph on Paper, Colored
- Dimensions
- Mat (H x W): 45.7 × 35.6cm (18 × 14 in.)
- Unmatted (H x W): 24.4 × 19.4cm (9 5/8 × 7 5/8 in.)
- Country of Origin
- Great Britain
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A20140408000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9892fef76-442e-4a30-b4d5-ee59bd83c650
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