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Object details:

Title: Mr. Sadler's Ascent from Merton Fields, Oxford.
Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:nasm_A20140558000

	Title
	Mr. Sadler's Ascent from Merton Fields, Oxford.

	Metadata Usage
	Not determined

	Guid
	http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv921f7190e-7db1-4fd8-8094-0c217642444a

	Data Source
	National Air and Space Museum

	Medium
	Print, Etching on Paper, Uncolored

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

	Dimensions
	Unmatted: 23.2 × 18.1cm (9 1/8 × 7 1/8 in.)

	Physical Description
	Uncolored etching of James Sadler's ascent from Merton Fields, Oxford. The balloon is aloft, with a large crowd watching and trees and buildings in the background. Scene of ascent is surrounded by four figures showing hydrogen apparatus. Each hydrogen apparatus figure has corresponding letters, but the key is not present.

	Physical Description
	'Oxford; Printed & Published by Bartlett, Newman, & Bartlett, 1816.'

	Credit Line
	Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust

	Inventory Number
	A20140558000

	Date
	1816

	Type
	ART-Prints, Original

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