[Gaston Tissandier, French balloonist, seated at a desk in his study] / H. Thiriat. – Vintage Print
![[Gaston Tissandier, French balloonist, seated at a desk in his study] / H. Thiriat., [S.l. : s.n., between 1880 and 1900] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/02/026a5811e16e-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This antique engraving of [Gaston Tissandier, French balloonist, seated at a desk in his study] / H. Thiriat. brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Gaston Tissandier, French balloonist, seated at a desk in his study] / H. Thiriat.
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Gaston Tissandier, the French balloonist and writer, is shown seated at his desk in his study, a setting that points to the scientific and literary work he did alongside his flights. Tissandier (1843-1899) took part in early ballooning and was known for popular accounts of aeronautics and science. This wood engraving, signed by H. Thiriat, belongs to the group of portrait prints from the late nineteenth century, when such illustrations were widely reproduced in periodicals and books, making the image of a figure like Tissandier familiar to a broad reading public.
| Created / published | [S.l. : s.n., between 1880 and 1900] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Genre | Portrait prints 1880-1900.Wood engravings 1880-1900. |
| Subjects | Tissandier, Gaston,--1843-1899. Balloonists--French--1880-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,004 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-144054 |
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