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Object details:

Title: Dover Castle, with the Setting off of the Balloon to Calais, in January 1785.
Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:nasm_A20140546000

	Title
	Dover Castle, with the Setting off of the Balloon to Calais, in January 1785.

	Metadata Usage
	Not determined

	Guid
	http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9119e7233-0c2a-4bcd-b903-f2f48b598e6e

	Data Source
	National Air and Space Museum

	Artist
	Thomas Rowlandson

	Medium
	Print, Engraving on Paper, Uncolored

	Dimensions
	Mat: 25.4 × 30.5cm (10 × 12 in.)

	Dimensions
	Unmatted: 14.3 × 21cm (5 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.)

	Physical Description
	Uncolored engraving of the balloon carrying Jean Blanchard and Dr. John Jeffries departing the English coast for Calais, January 10, 1785. Dover Castle and White Cliffs on the left, with a crowd gathered to watch the departure.

	Physical Description
	'Painted by T. Rowlandson, & engraved by W. Birch, Enamel Painter. Published Augt. 1, 1789 by Wm. Birch, Hampstead Heath & sold by T. Thornton, Southhampton Strt. Covt. Garden.'

	Credit Line
	Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust

	Inventory Number
	A20140546000

	Date
	August 1, 1789

	Type
	ART-Prints, Original

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