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[1st human balloon ascension; balloon with Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes above Paris. Nov. 1783] – Historic Print

[1st human balloon ascension; balloon with Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes above Paris. Nov. 1783] — antique engraving
[1st human balloon ascension; balloon with Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes above Paris. Nov. 1783]. Antique engraving from the Ballooning collection.

(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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This rare antique engraving captures [1st human balloon ascension; balloon with Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes above Paris. Nov. 1783] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[1st human balloon ascension; balloon with Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes above Paris. Nov. 1783]

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Here the balloon hangs above Paris, recording the flight that carried Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and the Marquis François Laurent d'Arlandes on November 21, 1783, the first free human ascent. The Montgolfier brothers' hot-air balloon rose from the grounds of the Château de La Muette on the western edge of the city and stayed aloft for about 25 minutes before coming down on the outskirts. Engravings like this one spread news of the flight across Europe, letting people who never saw the launch picture a human passenger drifting over familiar rooftops.

Medium1 print : engraving.
Notes1783
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan921 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-137719

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