The Polish government buying Nadar's balloon
Series TitleActualities
Artist
Cham
(French)
Printer
Pierre Louis Hippolyte Destouches
(French, active 1853 - 1869)
Publisher
Maison Martinet
(French, active 1870–1880s)
Date1863
MediumLithograph
DimensionsSheet: 11 3/4 × 11 13/16 inches (29.85 × 30.02 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.68.306
SignedSigned on original image, lower right, in black pencil: "D4 / CHAM";
On sheet recto, bottom, in black type: "Mon. Martinet 172 r. Rivoli et 41 r. Vivienne", "Lith Destouches 28 r. Paradis Pre"
InscribedTitled on sheet recto, top, in black ink: "ACTUALITÉS";
Captioned on sheet recto, bottom, in black ink: "Le gouvernement Polonais achetant le ballon Nadar pour y tenir ses / séances au nez et á la barbe du général de Berg". [Translation: The Polish government buying Nadar's balloon to hold their sessions over the nose and beard of General Berg"
MarkingsOn sheet recto, upper right, in black type: "369";
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DescriptionIllustration published in Le Charivari of two mustachioed men in uniform looking up in the sky to see a small hot air balloon with an outstretched flag. One man is pointing at the balloon, the other stands with arm crossed.ProvenanceThe Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
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