[2 sides of balloon under pavillion (front and side veiws)] – Antique Wall Art
![[2 sides of balloon under pavillion (front and side veiws)], [no date recorded on caption card] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/39/39178e3db6de-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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[2 sides of balloon under pavillion (front and side veiws)] comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[2 sides of balloon under pavillion (front and side veiws)]
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Two views of one balloon hang beneath a pavilion in this plate, a front view and a side view, so the viewer can follow the shape of the envelope and the frame slung below it. The plate illustrates Jean-Baptiste Meusnier's *Détails d'un projet de machine aérostatique*, tied to his 1784 proposal for a steerable airship presented to the Académie des sciences. Meusnier's design called for a long, elongated envelope with internal air cells and human-powered propellers, which set it apart from the spherical balloons of the period.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Meushier, Details d'un projet de machine aerostatique, pl. 13. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Balloons. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,152 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-150706 |
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