Professor J.A.C. Charles reascending in balloon,Nesle Plain,France,December 1783

Title: Ou présente à signer un procès verbal aux curés celui qui ligne a des lunettes
Date Created/Published: [1783?]
Summary: Drawing shows Professor J.A.C. Charles reascending in balloon from the Nesle plain, France, on December 1, 1783, where he had landed shortly before, accompanied by Marie Noel Robert in a two hour journey from Paris. Robert, standing at left, is conversing with local vicars, who are signing a document attesting to the successful completion of the first manned gas balloon flight. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1982-82)
Notes:
Attributed to Claude Louis Desrais.
Title from item.
Tissandier collection.
Subjects:
Charles, Jacques Alexandre César,--1746-1823.
Robert, M. N.--(Marie-Noël),--1761-1826.
Balloons (Aircraft)--France--1780-1790.
Balloon ascensions--France--1780-1790.
Witnesses--France--1780-1790.
Watercolors--Color--1780-1790.
Bookmark /2002735671/
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