Second Balloon Voyagers, Experiment in the Tuileries Garden, Paris – Antique Wall Art
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A window into the past: Second Balloon Voyagers, Experiment in the Tuileries Garden, Paris, preserved in this historic image. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Second Balloon Voyagers, Experiment in the Tuileries Garden, Paris
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Set in the Tuileries Garden in Paris, this image shows a balloon experiment in the gardens, a site tied to the early days of human flight. In December 1783, Jacques Charles and Nicolas-Louis Robert launched a hydrogen balloon from these grounds in front of large crowds, and it became one of the first crewed flights of its kind. The title's reference to "second" voyagers suggests the scene follows that breakthrough, when balloon ascents had become public spectacles. The print is worth noticing for the crowds, the garden setting, and the way ballooning was presented to the city as both science and entertainment.
| Original scan | 5,000 × 4,139 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 02438uSeconds voyageurs aëriens, |
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