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Artist:
Utagawa Yoshitora  Search this
Medium:
Print, Woodcut on Paper, Colored
Dimensions:
2-D - Unframed (H x W): 36.8 × 24.8cm (14 1/2 × 9 3/4 in.)
2-D - In Frame (with A20140970000, A20140971000) (H x W x D): 53.3cm × 88.9cm × 3.8cm (21 × 35 × 1 1/2 in.)
Type:
ART-Prints, Original
Country of Origin:
Japan
Date:
c. 1850-1880
Physical Description:
Japanese woodcut print of two men and one woman on a patio. Left panel of three that combine to show a balloon ascension commemorating the visit to Philadelphia of the first Japanese Embassy to the U.S., June 14, 1860. The man to the far left is Thaddeus Sobieski Constantine Lowe, one of the aeronauts flying that day.
A20140970000 is the center panel of the scene, and A20140971000 is the right panel.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Inventory Number:
A20140969000
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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National Air and Space Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Air and Space Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9cc601bb6-1ccb-497f-97e2-a2ecf76d1590
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nasm_A20140969000