LE CHEVAL AERONAUTE
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Ladies Powder Room
About this object
Balloon is shaped like an elongated cylinder. It is green with red tassels at either end and is attached to a rectangular platform with green tasseled drapery. On the platform stands a reddish brown horse bearing a rider in a red coat and blue pants. Represented aloft in a sky filled with dramatic rays and brownish clouds.
- Object name:
- LE CHEVAL AERONAUTE
- Made from:
- Paper
- Made in:
- FRANCE
- Date made:
- 18th c.
- Size:
- 25.4 × 29.8 cm (10 × 11 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 55.46
- Class:
- LITHOGRAPH
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION at bottom: LE CHEVAL AREONAUTE. En Ascension de Testu Brissy à Meudon
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973