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Object details:

Title: His Serene Highness the Duke de Chartres.
Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:nasm_A20140623000

	Title
	His Serene Highness the Duke de Chartres.

	Metadata Usage
	Not determined

	Guid
	http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv948e86279-37c7-4cf7-a7d9-d1d417df7995

	Data Source
	National Air and Space Museum

	Medium
	Print, Engraving on Paper, Uncolored

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

	Dimensions
	Unmatted: 17.8 × 9.8cm (7 in. × 3 7/8 in.)

	Physical Description
	Uncolored engraving of a portrait of the Duke de Chartres. Shows the Duke from the chest upwards, surrounded by an elaborate frame.

	Physical Description
	The Duke de Chartres led the party chasing the first manned hydrogen balloon flown by Charles and Robert, and was reputed to be the first to reach the landing site. He became a balloon enthusiast. Benjamin Franklin was invited to visit a friend’s home for “tea and balloons,” and attended a fête at which the duke distributed “little phaloid balloonlets” to his guests.

	Physical Description
	"Publish'd July 1, 1783, by I. Fidding, Pater noster Row, 1 Sewell, Cornhill & I. Debrett, Piccadilly."

	Credit Line
	Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust

	Inventory Number
	A20140623000

	Date
	July 1, 1783

	Type
	ART-Prints, Original

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