About this image...

Image Title: Etienne Et Joseph Montgolfier, Freres. Nes A Annonay En Vivaraes i.e. Vivarais, Inventeurs En Societe Du Globe Aerostatique, circa 1780

Creator: Thoenert, Medardus, 1754-1814, etcher

Date: Between 1780 and 1810

Summary: Bust-length double profile portrait of the Montgolfier brothers, French ballonists; after the gold medal designed by Houdon. Two images below portrait show "Projet d'un Monument a elever a Mr. Charles" in Paris and "Cartes des premieres Voyages aerostatiques," a map of the region where many balloon flights took place.

Subjects: Balloonists--French--1780-1810
Montgolfier, Jacques-Etienne,--1745-1799
Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel,--1740-1810

Original Media: Engraving|Etching

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