The Balloon Drifting Sea-Ward
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Object Details
- Physical Description
- Colored etching of a balloon aloft over a harbor lined with ships. The scene depicts the launch of Jules Duruof (1841-1899) and his wife from the Place d'Armes, Calais in July 1874. The Duruofs launched in threatening weather when the crowd questioned their courage. Remarking, "Let us show them that we are not afraid to die," the pair disappeared into the mist and were presumed lost. Their rescue by the English fishing boat Grand Charge was much celebrated.
- Duruof had flown a balloon from besieged Paris at 8am on September 20, 1870 to become one of the aeronaut/heroes of the Siege of Paris. He was later charged with cooperating with the communards, but acquitted.
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
- Inventory Number
- A20140676000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- ART-Prints, Original
- Medium
- Print, Etching on Paper, Colored
- Dimensions
- 2-D - Unframed (H x W): 21.3 × 10.5cm (8 3/8 × 4 1/8 in.)
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A20140676000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9c30053a9-d767-474f-9534-186e61bd9572
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