All on Fire: burning balloon over a crowd, etching – Vintage Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with All on Fire: burning balloon over a crowd, etching, a historic image rich in period detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
All on Fire: burning balloon over a crowd, etching
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Flames pour from a balloon drifting above a crowd, a sight that the title, *All on Fire*, makes plain. Early French ascents drew large gatherings, and the danger was real: hot-air and gas balloons were heated or filled with open flames, so a spark or a fall could turn a festive launch into a disaster. Etchings like this one let viewers who never saw an ascent share in the alarm and the scramble below. Notice how the crowd, rather than the aeronaut, carries the emotion of the scene.
| Original scan | 3,646 × 2,621 px · prints to 12 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 02477u All on fire, or the doc |
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