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[French balloonist Jacques Alexandre César Charles receiving a wreath from Apollo, while cherubs and an angel surround his balloon] / E.A. Tilly, sc. ; Nageon[?], inv. & del. 1788. – Antique Print

[French balloonist Jacques Alexandre César Charles receiving a wreath from Apollo, while cherubs and an angel surround his balloon] / E.A. Tilly, sc. ; Nageon[?], inv. & del. 1788., [S.l. : s.n.], 1788. — antique engraving
[French balloonist Jacques Alexandre César Charles receiving a wreath from Apollo, while cherubs and an angel surround his balloon] / E.A. Tilly, sc. ; Nageon[?], inv. & del. 1788., [S.l. : s.n.], 1788.. Antique engraving from the Ballooning collection.

(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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[French balloonist Jacques Alexandre César Charles receiving a wreath from Apollo, while cherubs and an angel surround his balloon] / E.A. Tilly, sc. ; Nageon[?], inv. & del. 1788. comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[French balloonist Jacques Alexandre César Charles receiving a wreath from Apollo, while cherubs and an angel surround his balloon] / E.A. Tilly, sc. ; Nageon[?], inv. & del. 1788.

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Apollo, the Greek god of the arts, crowns the French physicist Jacques Alexandre César Charles with a wreath while cherubs and an angel gather around his balloon. Charles made the first hydrogen balloon flight in Paris in August 1783, and this 1788 engraving turns that feat into classical allegory, a sign of how quickly ballooning had become a public celebrity. The print was engraved by E.A. Tilly after a design credited to a draftsman whose name the record gives with a question mark, and it comes from the Tissandier collection.

Created / published[S.l. : s.n.], 1788.
Medium1 print : steel engraving.
GenrePortrait prints 1780-1790.Steel engravings 1780-1790.
NotesTitle devised by Library staff. Tissandier collection.
SubjectsCharles, Jacques Alexandre César,--1746-1823. Balloons (Aircraft)--1780-1790. Balloonists--French--1780-1790. Apollo (Greek deity)--1780-1790.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,117 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-140025

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