Print: Ou Presente A Signer Un Proces Verbal Aux Cures Celui Qui Ligne A
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  • Title: Ou Presente A Signer Un Proces Verbal Aux Cures Celui Qui Ligne A Des Lunettes, circa 1783
  • Description: 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)
  • Subjects: Balloon ascensions--France--1780-1790, Balloons (Aircraft)--France--1780-1790, Charles, Jacques Alexandre Cesar,--1746-1823, Robert, M. N.--(Marie-Noel),--1761-1826, Witnesses--France--1780-1790
  • Collection: Tissandier Collection. The collection contains items documenting the early history of aeronautics with an emphasis on balloon flight in France and other European countries. Subjects include general and technical images of balloons, airships, and flying machines; portraits of famous balloonists; views of numerous ascensions, accidents, and world’s fairs; cartoons featuring balloon themes; pictorial and textual broadsides; and colorful ephemera and poster advertisements. There are also several hundred illustrations clipped from books and newspapers. The pictures, created by many different artists, span the years 1773 to 1910, with the bulk dating 1780-1890.
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