Actualités. Une ascension en automme: Mr. Thévelin se livrant sur son trapéze á un exercice aquatico-aérien.

Object Details

Physical Description

Colored lithograph showing a man walking through a city during a rainstorm, while another man is flying on a trapeze above. A balloon is aloft in the background. Newsprint is on the reverse.

This image was published in Le Charivari, on October 8, 1852. The title translates to: "An ascension in autumn: Mr. Thévelin launches himself into an aquatic-aerial exercise on his trapeze." Thevelin was a sportsman and acrobat.

Credit Line

Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust

c. 1852

Inventory Number

A20140723000

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

ART-Prints, Original

Medium

Print, Lithograph on Paper, Colored

Dimensions

2-D - Unframed (H x W): 33.7 × 26cm (13 1/4 × 10 1/4 in.)

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Record ID

nasm_A20140723000

Metadata Usage (text)

Not determined

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9697573fa-8057-4991-b21f-32d85cb680f5