Skip to main content Smithsonian Institution

Catalog Data

Medium:
Print, Stipple Engraving on Paper, Uncolored
Dimensions:
Mat: 30.5 × 25.4cm (12 × 10 in.)
Unmatted: 15.2 × 12.1cm (6 in. × 4 3/4 in.)
Type:
ART-Prints, Original
Date:
November 1, 1784
Physical Description:
Uncolored stipple engraving of a portrait of Vincent Lunardi sitting in a chair with his dog and his cat. Short poem about Lunardi below the image. Lunardi ascended from the the grounds of the Honorable Artillery Company, London, on September 15, 1784, with a cat, a dog, and a carrier pigeon.
"London, Pub'd. Novr. 1st, 1784 by Edwd. Hedges, No. 92, Cornhill."
Credit Line:
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Inventory Number:
A20140620000
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
National Air and Space Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Air and Space Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9988c5c69-16c3-488e-a3d9-cb811209a534
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nasm_A20140620000