Object Description
Charming naive school oil on canvas depiction of the ascent of Charles Green’s Nassau Balloon from Cremorne House, Chelsea in 1845
Painter unknown, England circa 1850
This painting was originally offered for sale in 1936 part of a consignment of 12 ballooning pictures from the Rt. Hon. Kathleen, Countess of Drogheda at “Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods at their great rooms 8 King Street, St. James’s Square, London, S.W. 1
(on Friday, November 27, 1936′ at one o’clock precisely