Balloon,Le Flesselles,Joseph Montgolfer,Rhone River,Lyons,1784,France,Crowd

Title: Troisieme voyage aërien, expérience faite à Lion le 19 Janvier 1784, sous le direction de Mr. Joseph Montgolfier ... / dessiné par le Cher. Lorimier ; gravé par N. De Launay.
Date Created/Published: [1784]
Summary: Print shows the balloon 'Le Flesselles,' constructed by Joseph Montgolfier, ascending over the Rhone River and the city of Lyons, January 19, 1784, carrying seven passengers including Joseph Montgolfier and Pilâtre de Rozier. An enthusiastic crowd is gathred below in foreground to witness the ascent, some in carriages, some on horses.
Notes:
Illustration from: Faujas de Saint-Fond, Barthélemy. Premiere suite de la description des experiences aerostatiques de MM. Montgolfier. Paris, 1784. Vol. 2. facing 67.
Three copies, two colored.
Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Prints and Drawings.
This record contains unverified, old data from A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.
L&W 265
Subjects:
Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel,--1740-1810.
Balloon ascensions--1780-1790.
Engravings--Hand-colored--1780-1790.
Bookmark /2012646015/
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