Aeronautics: engraved plate of early balloons, Plate I – Historic Print
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Aeronautics: engraved plate of early balloons, Plate I comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Aeronautics: engraved plate of early balloons, Plate I
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Engraved in the early years of ballooning, this first plate reflects how quickly the new craft captured public imagination. The Montgolfier brothers launched the first crewed hot-air balloon in France in 1783, and hydrogen-filled balloons followed the same year. In Britain, Vincenzo Lunardi's ascent from London's Artillery Ground in September 1785 drew enormous crowds, and printed images like this one carried news of flight to readers who could not attend the launches. The plate shows how artists of the period tried to picture an unfamiliar machine for a public eager to understand it.
| Original scan | 3,982 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 02505u |
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