Air-Balloons: engraved plate showing Montgolfier and Blanchard balloons – Vintage Wall Art
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This rare historic image captures Air-Balloons: engraved plate showing Montgolfier and Blanchard balloons in remarkable detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Air-Balloons: engraved plate showing Montgolfier and Blanchard balloons
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The engraved plate shows the Montgolfier brothers' hot-air balloon alongside Jean-Pierre Blanchard's craft, two rival designs from the early years of human flight in France. Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier made the first public ascent of a crewed hot-air balloon in Paris in 1783, and their success set off a craze across Europe for aerial voyages. Blanchard, a French inventor, soon pursued his own experiments with hydrogen gas and later crossed the English Channel by balloon in 1785. Engravings like this one circulated widely, giving the public a look at machines that were, at the time, still a novelty.
| Original scan | 2,223 × 3,000 px · prints to 7 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 02501uAir-balloons |
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