Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles,Nesle,France,Hydrogen Balloon,Marie Noel Robert
Title: Globe aërostatique. Dédié à Monsieur Charles. Cette machine est representé ici s'élevant pour la seconde fois au milieu de la Praïrie de Nesle, ou il venoit de descendre, accompagné de Mr. Robert ... / Desrais, del. ; Denis, sculp.
Date Created/Published: A Paris : Chez Jacques Chereau rue St. Jacques au dessous de la fontaine St. Severin aux 2 colonnes no. 267, [1783]
Summary: Jacques Alexandre César Charles departs Nesle, France after the landing of the first hydrogen balloon flight from Paris on December 1, 1783. Marie-Nöel Robert (on the ground at left), who accompanied Charles on the flight, takes the statements of the witnesses. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.)
Notes:
Title from item.
Tissandier collection.
Exhibited: The Princess and the Patriot: Ekaterina Dashkova, Benjamin Franklin and the Age of Enlightenment, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2006-2007.
Subjects:
Charles, Jacques Alexandre César,--1746-1823.
Robert, M. N.--(Marie-Noël),--1761-1826.
Balloons (Aircraft)--France--Nesle--1780-1790.
Balloon ascensions--France--Nesle--1780-1790.
Etchings--Hand-colored--1780-1790.
Bookmark /2002736264/
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