1785 Mr. Baldwin ascended at Chester in Lunardi's balloon and descended at Bellair Farm in Ringsly 12 miles from Chester. Several persons assembled from the Farm and helped him to pack up his car and balloon.
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Object Details
- Artist
- Somers
- Physical Description
- Watercolor painting of Baldwin's descent at Bellair Farm in Lunardi's balloon in 1785. Image shows the moment of landing at the farm, with people rushing over to help. Part of a set of 17 watercolors on early ballooning.
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
- Inventory Number
- A20140956000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- ART-Paintings
- Medium
- Painting, Watercolor on Paper
- Dimensions
- 2-D - Unframed (H x W): 21.7 × 27.9cm (8 9/16 in. × 11 in.)
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A20140956000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9e9e8645a-4f09-4921-9f1d-7ce8e77dedbe
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