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

Restoration Hangar Overlook

Object Details

Country of Origin

United States of America

Type

ART-Paintings

Medium

Painting, Oil on Canvas

Physical Description

Oil on canvas painting of T.S.C. Lowe's hydrogen generating balloon inflation wagon standing next to an army wagon identified as belonging to Hancock's Brigade No. 3. A number of Union soldiers are in the picture, including a mounted officer, perhaps Winfield Scott Hancock. A two-story house stands on a hill, with out-buildings. Barrels and a crate are on the bank of a river with sailing ships, steamboats, and other vessels moored off shore as well as coming and going.

Dimensions

2-D - In Frame (H x W x D): 99.1 × 129.5 × 4.4cm (39 in. × 51 in. × 1 3/4 in.)

Inventory Number

A20141038000

Credit Line

Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

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