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[Expérience du parachûte. Le 1er Brumaire an 6 (22 octobre 1797. v.f.) à 5h. 28m. du soir, le citoyen Garnerin, s'éleva à ballon perdu au parc de Monceau ...] / Dietrich. – Vintage Wall Art

[Expérience du parachûte. Le 1er Brumaire an 6 (22 octobre 1797. v.f.) à 5h. 28m. du soir, le citoyen Garnerin, s'éleva à ballon perdu au parc de Monceau ...] / Dietrich., [S.l. : s.n., between 1860 and 1900] — antique engraving
[Expérience du parachûte. Le 1er Brumaire an 6 (22 octobre 1797. v.f.) à 5h. 28m. du soir, le citoyen Garnerin, s'éleva à ballon perdu au parc de Monceau ...] / Dietrich., [S.l. : s.n., between 1860 and 1900]. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive collection.

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This antique engraving of [Expérience du parachûte. Le 1er Brumaire an 6 (22 octobre 1797. v.f.) à 5h. 28m. du soir, le citoyen Garnerin, s'éleva à ballon perdu au parc de Monceau ...] / Dietrich. brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Expérience du parachûte. Le 1er Brumaire an 6 (22 octobre 1797. v.f.) à 5h. 28m. du soir, le citoyen Garnerin, s'éleva à ballon perdu au parc de Monceau ...] / Dietrich.

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Garnerin's parachute descent from the Parc de Monceau in Paris sets this print apart. Its title dates the flight to 1 Brumaire, year 6 of the revolutionary calendar, or 22 October 1797, when he rose beneath a free balloon and drifted down under a canopy. The credit line names Dietrich, and the wood engraving was likely made between 1860 and 1900, long after the event, as a retrospective image. Garnerin's descent was among the first documented parachute jumps from a balloon, and the print is preserved in Gaston Tissandier's collection, which reflects later French interest in early aeronautics.

Created / published[S.l. : s.n., between 1860 and 1900]
Medium1 print : wood engraving.
GenreWood engravings 1860-1900.
NotesTissandier collection.
SubjectsGarnerin, André Jacques,--1769-1823. Parachuting--France--Paris--1860-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,175 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-112139

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