The balloon shed – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This antique lithograph of The balloon shed brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The balloon shed
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The balloon shed is a plain, boxy hangar, drawn in Joseph Pennell's lithograph with a few confident strokes. Pennell, an American printmaker known for city and industrial scenes, turned to wartime subjects while he was working in Britain. Sheds like this one housed the observation balloons used to watch enemy lines and guide artillery, so the building was a working part of the war effort. Wuerth's catalog lists the print as number 462 among Pennell's lithographs.
| Created / published | 1916 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Notes | Lithograph by Joseph Pennell. No. 462 in Wuerth, Catalogue of the lithographs of Joseph Pennell. This record contains unverified data from old caption card, with subsequent revisions. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,173 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-113260 |
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