Andre Jacques Garnerin,1st man to descend in parachute,Parc Monceau,Paris,1797

Title: Expérience du parachûte. Le 1er Brumaire an 6 (22 octobre 1797. v.f.) à 5h. 28m. du soir, le citoyen Garnerin, s'éleva à ballon perdu au parc de Monceau ... / Simon Petit, peintre, del. sculp.
Date Created/Published: A Paris : chez l'Auteur ..., [1797?]
Summary: Print shows André Jacques Garnerin, first man to descend in a parachute, standing in the gondola of his parachute waving a French flag after release from his balloon (shown deflated at left). His balloon had ascended from Parc Monceau in Paris, October 22, 1797. Also includes portrait of Garnerin.
Notes:
Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Prints and Drawings.
This record contains unverified, old data from from A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.
Dollfus 51; Eckert 64; Grand-Carteret; Miller 224
Subjects:
Garnerin, André Jacques,--1769-1823.
Parachuting--France--Paris--1790-1800.
Wood engravings--1860-1900.
Bookmark /2012646018/
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