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Medium:
Backboard for Print, Etching on Paper, Colored
Dimensions:
2-D - Unframed (H x W): 42.5 × 52.4cm (1 ft. 4 3/4 in. × 1 ft. 8 5/8 in.)
Type:
ART-Prints, Original
Physical Description:
Backboard removed from A20140404000 during conservation treatment in 2017. Board has lengthy cursive inscription written in pencil. "The experience which was going to take place on that day had attracted to the Luxembourg and neighborhood a large multitude of/spectators. After several useless attempts to have the machine use it caught fire. The impatient/spectators murmured highly - The crowd entered in spite of the guard + destroyed + burned everything that they could lay/their hands on."
Credit Line:
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Inventory Number:
A20140404001
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
National Air and Space Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Air and Space Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv94a5d2ea2-48d5-45a9-b3d0-e558dc16aa2e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nasm_A20140404001