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Ballooning. 1838.
1838
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Omega Project
Project Omega was conceived by the Library's Strategic Council - a scoped three year project aimed to facilitate the effective discovery and presentation of our collections, with a focus on the digitization of the Special Collections Graphic Arts backlog in Firestone library.
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Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
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Metadata
- Call Number
- D Middle 76/GC168/Box 04/Normal/19th c./Artists L-O GA 2006.02054
- Publisher
- 1838.
- People
-
- Author
- Leech, John, 1817-1864
- Language
- No linguistic content
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Ballooning. 1838.
- Call Number
- D Middle 76/GC168/Box 04/Normal/19th c./Artists L-O GA 2006.02054
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcb2774835n
- Publisher
- 1838.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1838
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 27.5 x 20.3 cm.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Pen-and-wash drawings on paper
- Depiction: Five people on roof observe 6 balloons. Balloon in center shows man astride hobby horse wearing dunce cap and glasses; balloon has sign "The real official intrepid aeronaut".
- Signed with monogram in ink, lower left.
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
-
https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/a336a52d-68b8-4990-bdae-8d8f225ca4ec/manifest