Engraved plate of numbered balloons and airships with Eiffel Tower – Antique Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic image of Engraved plate of numbered balloons and airships with Eiffel Tower. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Engraved plate of numbered balloons and airships with Eiffel Tower
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Few early aviation images pack as much into one sheet as this engraved plate, which sets a row of numbered balloons and airships against the Eiffel Tower. The tower, finished for the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris, was the most talked-about new structure in the city, and placing it beside the aerial craft ties the two wonders together. Ballooning was then a serious scientific and military pursuit in France, with the country's aeronauts at the forefront of lighter-than-air flight. Look closely at the numbered craft, which suggest a catalog or comparison of designs rather than a single scene.
| Original scan | 4,185 × 2,789 px · prints to 14 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 02494u |
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