Les ballons du Siège de Paris, septembre 1870 - février 1871 / A. Tissandier, del. et lith. – Antique Print
![Les ballons du Siège de Paris, septembre 1870 - février 1871 / A. Tissandier, del. et lith., Paris : E. Bulla et fils, editeur, boulevard Poissonneère, 17 et 19, [between 1870 and 1880] (Paris : Imp. Lemercier & cie.) — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/39/398de7aa3242-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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A window into the past: Les ballons du Siège de Paris, septembre 1870 - février 1871 / A. Tissandier, del. et lith., preserved in this antique lithograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Les ballons du Siège de Paris, septembre 1870 - février 1871 / A. Tissandier, del. et lith.
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Few images of the siege capture its strangeness as directly as this lithograph, which shows the balloons that carried mail and passengers out of a Paris cut off by Prussian forces. Albert Tissandier drew and lithographed the sheet, and the publisher E. Bulla issued it in the decade after the war. Between September 1870 and the armistice in early 1871, dozens of balloons lifted off from Paris, carrying letters, official dispatches, and a few people past the enemy lines, while pigeons flew messages back into the city. The print is a useful record of how a modern capital turned to lighter-than-air travel when every other route was closed.
| Created / published | Paris : E. Bulla et fils, editeur, boulevard Poissonneère, 17 et 19, [between 1870 and 1880] (Paris : Imp. Lemercier & cie.) |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (broadside) : lithograph. |
| Genre | Broadsides 1870-1880.Lithographs 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Title from item. Tissandier collection. |
| Subjects | Balloons (Aircraft)--France--1870-1880. Paris (France)--History--Siege, 1870-1871. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,099 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-112050 |
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