Image Title: Experience Aerostatique Faite A Versailles Le 19 Septembre 1783 En Presence De Leurs Majestes, De La Famille Royale Et De Plus De 130 Milles Spectateurs Par Mrs. De Montgolfier Avec Un Ballon De 57 Pieds De Hauteur, Sur 41 De Diametre A Monsieur De Faujas De St. Fond, De Plusieurs Accademies., 1783
Date: 1783
Summary: Print shows the balloon of Etienne Montgolfier decorated with King Louis XVI's monogram above the Palace of Versailles carry the first passengers in a balloon flight: a rooster, a sheep and a duck. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.)
Subjects: Balloon ascensions--France--Paris--1780-1790
Balloons (Aircraft)--France--Paris--1780-1790
Faujas-de-St.-Fond,--cit.--(Barthelemy),--1741-1819--Commemoration
Montgolfier, Jacques-Etienne,--1745-1799
Original Media: Etching
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