Framed Print: Notre Drapeau, 1878
Framed Print: Notre Drapeau, 1878
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Framed Print: Notre Drapeau, 1878

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Size:9" x 11"

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  • Title: Notre Drapeau, 1878
  • Description: French caricature of Leon Gambetta, French republican statesman, holding the French flag and a telescope, seated atop a captive balloon, possibly at the Exposition universelle de 1878 in Paris.
  • Creator: Le Petit, Alfred 1841-1909, artist
  • Subjects: Captive balloons--France--1870-1880, Flags--French--1870-1880, Gambetta, Leon,--1838-1882
  • 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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