Blanchard and Jeffries crossing the Channel
- Made:
- circa 1785 in England
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- Unattributed
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Painting. [Blanchard and Jeffries crossing the Channel in 1785] / c.1785? Oil on panel; 33x44cm in gilt frame 41.5x50.5x5.5cm. The first crossing of the English Channel by balloon, 7th January 1785, with Jean Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries in the gondola; balloon ascension.
