M.S. Blanchard, celebre aeronauta, al momento del volo aerostatico da Lei eseguito in Milano in presenza delle LL. AA. II. e RR. la sera del 15 agosto 1811 / N.H.J. ; L. Rados. – Vintage Wall Art
![M.S. Blanchard, celebre aeronauta, al momento del volo aerostatico da Lei eseguito in Milano in presenza delle LL. AA. II. e RR. la sera del 15 agosto 1811 / N.H.J. ; L. Rados., [S.l : s.n, 1811] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d1/d147cb54a3fe-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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This rare antique lithograph captures M.S. Blanchard, celebre aeronauta, al momento del volo aerostatico da Lei eseguito in Milano in presenza delle LL. AA. II. e RR. la sera del 15 agosto 1811 / N.H.J. ; L. Rados. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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M.S. Blanchard, celebre aeronauta, al momento del volo aerostatico da Lei eseguito in Milano in presenza delle LL. AA. II. e RR. la sera del 15 agosto 1811 / N.H.J. ; L. Rados.
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The sitter is Sophie Blanchard, shown at the moment of an evening balloon ascent she made in Milan on 15 August 1811, before members of the ruling family. The caption ties the portrait to that specific public flight rather than presenting it as a generic likeness. Blanchard was the widow of the balloonist Jean-Pierre Blanchard, and she built her own reputation for night flights and daring displays that drew crowds across Europe. The print combines lithography with stipple engraving, a mix that let printmakers of the period render soft tonal shading in faces and clothing. It offers a useful view of how aeronauts were presented to audiences during the Napoleonic era.
| Created / published | [S.l : s.n, 1811] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph with stipple engraving. |
| Genre | Portrait prints 1810-1820.Lithographs 1810-1820. |
| Subjects | Blanchard, Marie-Madeleine-Sophie Armand,--1778-1819. Balloonists--French--1810-1820. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 951 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-112041 |
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