Untitled Ship Rescuing Balloon in the Sea

Object Details

Physical Description: Gouache and watercolor painting on paper of the British fishing boat, Grand Charge, coming to the rescue of a Jules Durof and his wife after their balloon crashed into the North Sea in July 1874. Taunted by the crowd, the pair launched from Calais in a considerable wind, were blown out to sea, and assumed lost.; The artist may be Charles John de Lacy (1856–1929), one of the foremost British marine artists of his generation.

c. 1874

Medium: Painting, Watercolor/Gouache on Paper
Dimensions: 2-D - Unframed (H x W): 41 × 68.4cm (16 1/8 × 26 15/16 in.); 2-D - In Frame (H x W x D): 55.9cm × 83.8cm × 3.8cm (22 × 33 × 1 1/2 in.)

National Air and Space Museum

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv92243c4ce-0b91-4808-abae-d574d13aef51