Aerostation out at Elbows, or The Itinerant Aeronaut

Thomas Rowlandson British

Publisher S. W. Fores British

Subject Vincent Lunardi Italian

September 5, 1785

Not on view

Artwork Details

Title: Aerostation out at Elbows, or The Itinerant Aeronaut
Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
Publisher: S. W. Fores (London)
Subject: Vincent Lunardi (Italian, Lucca 1759–1806 Lisbon)
Date: September 5, 1785
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 12 1/16 × 8 5/16 in. (30.6 × 21.1 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Object Number: 59.533.96(b)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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