Balloon ascending from the Chateau de la Luette. Engraving by Esnauts and Rapilly

Made:
1783 in Paris
engraver:
Esnauts et Rapilly
Balloon ascending from the Chateau de la Luette

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Balloon ascending from the Chateau de la Luette
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Balloon ascending from the Chateau de la Luette. Engraving by Esnauts and Rapilly, the first manned balloon flight, Paris, 21 November 1783 in a Montgolfier balloon carrying the Marquis d'Arlandes and J-E Pilatre de Rozier

Details

Category:
Art
Object Number:
1937-649
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
type:
print
credit:
Maggs Brothers Ltd.

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