Hot air balloon with figures in basket, printed by Champion – Historic Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Hot air balloon with figures in basket, printed by Champion, a historic print rich in period detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Hot air balloon with figures in basket, printed by Champion
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Two figures stand in the wicker basket beneath a billowing balloon, a detail that places the scene in the early years of crewed flight. France was the center of that work: the Montgolfier brothers launched the first hot air balloon carrying people from the Château de la Muette in Paris in November 1783, and the sight of ordinary observers rising above the city quickly became a popular subject for printmakers. Images like this one circulated widely, recording both the novelty of the machine and the public excitement it stirred. The printer's name, Champion, points to the commercial trade that turned these aerial events into affordable pictures for a broad audience.
| Original scan | 3,835 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 02470u[Three men in basket o |
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