The Natives of Torneȁ Lapmark, afsembled [sic] at Enontekis, to witnefs [sic] the launching the first Balloon within the Arctic Circle.

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Object Details

Physical Description

Colored etching of the first balloon launch within the Arctic Circle. The launch took place at Enontekis where the people of Torneȁ Lapmark assembled to watch. Scene shows balloon ascending among people, cabins, and deer, with water and mountains in the distance.

'Published Jan. 1819 by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London.' 'E.D. Clarke delt.' and 'R. Pollard Sculpt.'

Accompanied by a manuscript, 'Extract from Dr. Clarke's Travels relative to the Ascent of a Balloon within the Arctic Circle.' that is in the NASM Archives.

Dr. Edward Daniel Clarke provided an account of the event in, "Dr. Clarke's Travels in Scandanavia," Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany (September, 1819), pp. 254-255

Credit Line

Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust

Date

January 1819

Inventory Number

A20140497000

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

ART-Prints, Original

Medium

Print, Etching on Paper, Colored

Dimensions

2-D - Unframed (H x W): 21.3 × 27.1cm (8 3/8 × 10 11/16 in.)

2-D - In Frame (H x W x D): 33cm × 38.1cm × 3.8cm (13 × 15 × 1 1/2 in.)

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Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9ae969c73-632a-45b6-b38d-b28ee794c247

Record ID

nasm_A20140497000