Allarme générale des habitants de Gonesse occasionée par la chûte du ballon aréostatique de Mr. de Mongolfier – Vintage Print
![Allarme générale des habitants de Gonesse occasionée par la chûte du ballon aréostatique de Mr. de Mongolfier, [Augsbourg] : Se vend à Augsbourg dans le Negoce com̄un de l'Academie Imperiale d'Empire des Arts libér aux avec privilège de sa Majesté Imperiale ..., [1783] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/1d/1dc74dbb05e9-L.webp)
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Allarme générale des habitants de Gonesse occasionée par la chûte du ballon aréostatique de Mr. de Mongolfier
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Villagers of Gonesse, a farming town north of Paris, rush toward a balloon that has come down in their fields in this hand-colored etching. Issued in Augsburg in 1783, the print credits Montgolfier's hot-air balloon, but the craft that landed at Gonesse in late August of that year was a hydrogen balloon built by Jacques Charles and the Robert brothers. The episode, in which locals attacked the unfamiliar machine, shows how quickly ballooning moved from Paris salons into the countryside and how alarming it seemed to people who had never seen one.
| Created / published | [Augsbourg] : Se vend à Augsbourg dans le Negoce com̄un de l'Academie Imperiale d'Empire des Arts libér aux avec privilège de sa Majesté Imperiale ..., [1783] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : etching, hand-colored. |
| Genre | American Philosophical Society |
| Subjects | Caption (German): Allgemeiner L'ärme der Zuwohner zu Gonesse, welch durch de Fall der Luftkugel des Hr. v. Montgolfier ... Caption (French): Allarme générale des habitants de Gonesse occasionée par la chûte du ballon aréostatique de Mr. de Mongolf. ... Title from item, printed in reverse. Tissandier collection. Collection des Prospects"--printed at upper left. Exhibited: The Princess and the Patriot: Ekaterina Dashkova |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,161 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-113240 |
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