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Image Title: Francisco Pisauro Equiti, Ac D. Marci Procuratori Accademiarum Venete Ditionis In Experiundo Solertiam Pregresso, Ac Primum Venetiis Aereostatici Globi Periculum Suo Ere Publice Facienti Accita Zanchiorum Opera, Studio Propensi Erga Nova Philosophie Inventa Cives Ingenium, Animum, Munificentiam Admirati Monumento Palam Edito Gratulantur, 1784

Date: 1784

Summary: Print commemorates Francesco Pisauro, knight and procurator of St. Mark, who made the first public trial in Venice of an aerostatic sphere. The three etchings show an angel blowing a horn and holding a crowned plaque; two people in a balloon waving flags, surrounded by the motto "Probrosa extremum scabies adurat, MDCCLXXIV"; and a female figure holding a balloon and compass.

Subjects: Angels--1780-1790
Balloons (Aircraft)--1780-1790
Pisauro, Francisco--Commemoration

Original Media: Etching

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