Globo aerostatico di diametro pal.40. Romani inalzato in Roma dal Sigr. Vincenzo Lunardi nell'Anfiteatro Correa il di 8 luglio 1788 – Antique Print
![Globo aerostatico di diametro pal.40. Romani inalzato in Roma dal Sigr. Vincenzo Lunardi nell'Anfiteatro Correa il di 8 luglio 1788, Roma : si vende in Roma al Negozio di stampe a Pasquino, [1788] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/92/921fde62814d-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: Globo aerostatico di diametro pal.40. Romani inalzato in Roma dal Sigr. Vincenzo Lunardi nell'Anfiteatro Correa il di 8 luglio 1788, preserved in this historic print. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Globo aerostatico di diametro pal.40. Romani inalzato in Roma dal Sigr. Vincenzo Lunardi nell'Anfiteatro Correa il di 8 luglio 1788
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This etching is particular for its record of a specific flight: a balloon the title gives as 40 palmi in diameter, launched in Rome on July 8, 1788, by Vincenzo Lunardi from the amphitheater the title calls the "Anfiteatro Correa." Lunardi, an Italian aeronaut who had earlier flown in England, drew large crowds to such ascents, and the print was sold at a Rome shop near the Pasquino statue, a well-known gathering spot for printed news and satire. Prints like this one spread word of the flight to people who could not attend, and they show how quickly balloon flight had become a public spectacle in late eighteenth-century Europe.
| Created / published | Roma : si vende in Roma al Negozio di stampe a Pasquino, [1788] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : etching. |
| Genre | Etchings 1780-1790. |
| Notes | Title from item. Tissandier collection. |
| Subjects | Lunardi, Vincent,--1759-1806. Balloon ascensions--Italy--Rome--1780-1790. Balloons (Aircraft)--1780-1790. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,018 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-112044 |
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