Canvas Print: Les Quatre Elements. Louis Etait Un Enfant Leger Qui N'apportait
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  • Title: Les Quatre Elements. Louis Etait Un Enfant Leger Qui N'apportait Aucume Application A L'etude;, circa 1830
  • Description: French comic strip shows a young boy, "Louis," who decides to apply himself at school after unfortunate experiences with the four elements. Louis learns about fire by getting burned while working for a baker; about water by falling into a stream while working with fishermen; about the earth by hurting his back while employed with a gardner; and about air by crashing into a tree while an assistant to a balloonist. The comic strip concludes with Louis as a civil engineer.
  • Subjects: Accidents--France--1830-1870, Balloons (Aircraft)--1830-1870, Children--Education--France--1830-1870, Natural phenomena--France--1830-1870
  • 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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