[Balloon L'Incroyable" aloft with man waving from basket]" – Antique Wall Art
![[Balloon L'Incroyable" aloft with man waving from basket]" — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f0/f07ace3f78d8-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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[Balloon L'Incroyable" aloft with man waving from basket]" comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Shown climbing into open sky with a man waving from the basket, the balloon bears the name *L'Incroyable*, and the print's focus on that single aeronaut sets it apart from general views of flight. French crowds turned balloon ascents into public spectacles after the Montgolfier brothers and Jacques Charles first carried people aloft in 1783, and printed images like this one brought those launches to viewers far from the launch fields. Lithography, which allowed inexpensive, fast reproduction, helped make such scenes popular. The caption card gives no date, so the print is best understood as part of that broader French enthusiasm for ballooning.
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [no date recorded on caption card] |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,143 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-122782 |
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