Unknown Title: Balloon Crash. One of a series of 4 images of flight and fall of balloon.

Object Details

Artist

Eugene Ciceri

Physical Description

Colored lithograph of a balloon crash in a field. The balloon is laying deflated on the ground with smoke rising from it. The basket is on its side, and the aeronaut is laying on the ground either unconsious or dead. Appears to be one of a series of four lithographs of ballooning flights and falls. This one is not labeled, but the first in the set is labeled 'Bocquin et. Eug. Ciceri lith. Imp. Becquet à Paris.'

Credit Line

Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust

Inventory Number

A20140575000

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

ART-Prints, Original

Medium

Print, Lithograph on Paper, Colored

Dimensions

2-D - Unframed (H x W): 22.9 × 17.9cm (9 in. × 7 1/16 in.)

2-D - In Frame (H x W x D): 38.1cm × 33cm × 3.8cm (15 × 13 × 1 1/2 in.)

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

National Air and Space Museum

Record ID

nasm_A20140575000

Metadata Usage (text)

Not determined

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv907ede69a-0205-45ee-b4df-91f6c2a9677a