About this image...

Image Title: Air-Balloons, circa 1784

Creator: Bell, Andrew, 1726-1809, engraver

Date: 1784?

Summary: Book illustration shows five early balloon ascensions in France: two Montgolfier balloons (Fauxbourg St. Antoine and St. Germain); a 1784 balloon of Jean-Pierre Blanchard; and a Charles and Robert balloon being inflated at Champs-de-Mar and ascending at Versailles on September 19, 1783. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82).

Subjects: Balloon ascensions--France--Versailles--1780-1790
Balloons (Aircraft)--French--1780-1790
Blanchard, Jean-Pierre,--1753-1809--Associated objects
Charles, Jacques Alexandre Cesar,--1746-1823--Associated objects
Montgolfier, Jacques-Etienne,--1745-1799--Associated objects
Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel,--1740-1810--Associated objects
Robert, M. N.--Associated objects

Original Media: Engraving|Etching

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