Skip to main content Smithsonian Institution

La Quatorzieme Expérience Aerostatique de M. Blanchard, accompagné du Chevalier Lepinard, faite à Lille en Flandre, le 26 Août 1785, Dedieé é Messieurs les Magistrats, de la Ville de Lille en Flandre.

Catalog Data

Artist:
Louis Joseph Watteau  Search this
Medium:
Print, Etching on Paper, Colored
Dimensions:
2-D - Unframed (H x W): 39.4 × 50.8cm (15 1/2 in. × 20 in.)
Type:
ART-Prints, Original
Country of Origin:
France
Physical Description:
Partially colored etching of Blanchard's fourteenth ascent, accompanied by the Chevalier Lepinard, from Lille in Flanders on August 26, 1785. Image shows the balloon ascending from a large field with a crowd of the elite gathered to watch and with soldiers surrounding them. Other observers watch from outside the line of soldiers.
'Peint par L. Watteau, Professeur de l'Académie de Lille. Gravé par Helman, de la même Académie. Se vend à Lille chez L. Watteau. Rue et vis-à-vis l'Eglise St. Pierre, Par leurs tres Humbles, et tres Obeissants Serviteurs L. Watteau.'
Credit Line:
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Inventory Number:
A20140872000
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/nv953350b4d-c3aa-42c4-840d-fdb38e7a693e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nasm_A20140872000