MEDIUM: Etching, handcolored,
DATE: c.1815.
EDITION SIZE: Image size 9 1/16 x 13 1/2" (230 x 342 mm).
DESCRIPTION: This is a satirical printing showing a group running into trouble while out searching for hot air balloons. Their horse has broken free of their small wagon, sending it's three occupants hurtling the ground as a gentleman tries to tame the crazed horse. In the distance a hot air balloon and a woman being blown away with her umbrella can be seen.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Fair condition. Some staining within sky, hairline margins.
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