Experience du globe aerostatique du MM. Charles et Robert au Jardin des Thuileries le 1er decembre 1783 – Historic Print
![Experience du globe aerostatique du MM. Charles et Robert au Jardin des Thuileries le 1er decembre 1783, A Paris : Chez Esnauts et Rapilly, rue St. Jacques, à la ville de Coutances, [1783] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ea/ea9d3e1de0a2-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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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Experience du globe aerostatique du MM. Charles et Robert au Jardin des Thuileries le 1er decembre 1783. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Experience du globe aerostatique du MM. Charles et Robert au Jardin des Thuileries le 1er decembre 1783
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Set in the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, this hand-colored etching shows the hydrogen balloon that Jacques Charles and the Robert brothers launched there on 1 December 1783. The printed caption notes that the craft came down that afternoon in a meadow between Nesle and Hédouville, a detail that marks the flight as a real journey and not just a display. The flight was one of the first crewed ascents by a hydrogen balloon, and it drew large crowds and quick printed commemorations like this one, published in Paris that same year. Look at the "Bon Voyage" inscription above the scene, which shows how the event was celebrated as a triumph of science.
| Created / published | A Paris : Chez Esnauts et Rapilly, rue St. Jacques, à la ville de Coutances, [1783] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : etching, hand-colored. |
| Genre | 2003-04. Exhibited: The Princess and the Patriot: Ekaterina Dashkova |
| Notes | Explanatory caption below image begins: Le meme jour à trois heures trois quarts après midi |
| Subjects | la machine Aerostatique est descendue dans une prairie entre Nesle et Hédouville ..." "Bon Voyage"--printed above image. Title from item. Tissandier collection. Exhibited: "The Dream of Flight" : American Treasures of the Library of Congress |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 771 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-108554 |
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