Woodcut of an inflated balloon with gas barrels – Antique Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Woodcut of an inflated balloon with gas barrels comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Woodcut of an inflated balloon with gas barrels
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Barrels stand beside the balloon in this woodcut, a detail that points to the hydrogen-filling process rather than the hot-air method the Montgolfier brothers used in 1783. Hydrogen was generated by pouring acid over iron, and the casks shown here suggest the logistics that made a flight possible. Balloon scenes like this circulated widely in France during the 1780s, when ascents drew crowds and printers rushed out images for readers eager to see how the machines worked. Look closely at the figures and the ground to judge how much the artist knew of the process and how much was imagined.
| Original scan | 3,166 × 3,244 px · prints to 11 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 02467u [Inflated balloon wi |
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