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Display Status

This object is on display in Restoration Hangar Overlook at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA.

Restoration Hangar Overlook

Object Details

Type

ART-Paintings

Medium

Painting, Miniature

Physical Description

Circular miniature painting in square, wooden frame. Painting is of a balloon ascent in a field surrounded by a large crowd. The scene is painted on metal. The back of the frame is lined in what looks to be a page from a book in French.

Dimensions

2-D - In Frame (H x W x D): 14.3 × 14 × 1.6cm (5 5/8 × 5 1/2 × 5/8 in.)
Dia. of Painting: 8cm (3 3/16 in.)

Inventory Number

A20140445000

Credit Line

Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

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