Sujet
Box with scene showing Clayton's Ascent, after 1835. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Box with scene showing Clayton's Ascent, after 1835. Oval-shaped, pasteboard bandbox covered in paper block-printed with distemper, commemorating Richard Clayton, pioneering midwestern aeronaut. Clayton ascended from Cincinnati, Ohio on April 8, 1835 and landed nine and a half hours later in Monroe County, Virginia. He traveled 350 miles and broke the world record for the farthest distance traveled in a balloon. He continued to fly in Ohio, Kentucky, and Virginia for the next decade. The sides of the box show a repeating scene of a balloon over a town and trees. Printing done in white, pink, black, red, and yellow paints on a blue background. 'Clayton's Ascent' is printed in the sky next to the balloons. Lid has a scene of horses and a carriage in front of a building and trees. The sides of the lid are covered in strips of paper with decorative floral motifs.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM21A88_289
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
93,5Mo (3,0Mo) / 55,9cm x 41,9cm / 6600 x 4950 (300dpi)