Etienne & Joseph MONTGOLFIER
- Made:
- 1800-1899
print. engraving, line. Etienne & Joseph MONTGOLFIER. [n.d.] [18--] 23.5x14.5cm., image 11.2x8.5cm. Numbered t.l.: Ms.C.L. No.429. - Plate from a book. - After an engraving by Delaunay after a bas-relief by Houdon, 1783, designed for a medal in their honour. - Portrait, Head to R profile in neoclassical idealistic style, in roundel within rectangular frame, profiles overlapping. Montgolfier, Etienne 1745-1799, balloonist. Montgolfier, Joseph 1740-1819, balloonist. Delaunay, Robert 1749-1814. Houdon, Jean Antoine 1741-1828.
Details
- Category:
- Art
- Object Number:
- 1985-356
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Measurements:
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overall: 235 x 145 mm
- credit:
- Penn-Gaskell Collection