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Monument of the Unfortunate Pilatre de Rozier and Romain

Maker

(artist)

(publisher)

Title

Monument of the Unfortunate Pilatre de Rozier and Romain

Date of Production

1.2.1795

Medium

Etching, aquatint

Dimensions

Height: 15.2 cm
Width: 23.7 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4601.52

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: recto: lower left, date: S:J:1790.

recto: lower centre, description, publisher: Monument of the Unfortunate Pilatre de Rozier and Romain / who where killed near this spot between Boulogne [ampersand] Calais on the Balloon taking fire June 15th 1785 / London Pub: for Sam1. Ireland1st.Feby. 1795.

Inscription: verso: handwritten in pencil: lower left corner, pencil: 924/11 (9).

Stamp: verso: stamped in black ink: WITT / LIBRARY.

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