Display Status
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Object Details
Country of Origin
Japan
Type
ART-Prints, Original
Medium
Print, Woodcut on Paper, Colored
Physical Description
Japanese woodcut print showing the preparations for a balloon launch. A crowd in Western clothing is putting the balloon into position in a field. This print may depict the events leading up to the flights of T.S.C. Lowe and William Paullin in celebration of the visit of the Japanese Embassy to Philadelphia on June 14, 1860.
The print is a duplicate of the center panel A20140976000.
Dimensions
2-D - Unframed (H x W): 36.5 × 24.8cm (14 3/8 × 9 3/4 in.)
Inventory Number
A20140965000
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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