Print: Aux Amateurs De Physique, circa 1783
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  • Title: Aux Amateurs De Physique, circa 1783
  • Description: French cartoon shows people crowded outside the Tuileries Garden wall in Paris to view the first balloon ascension of Jacques Charles and Marie-Noel Robert in 1783. Several people are climbing over the wall, including two women whose dresses are pulled up exposing their naked bottoms to spectators who stare at them instead of the balloon aloft in the background.
  • Subjects: Balloon ascensions--France--Paris--1780-1790, Balloons (Aircraft)--France--Paris--1780-1790, Charles, Jacques Alexandre Cesar,--1746-1823, Jardin des Tuileries (Paris, France)--1780-1790, Robert, M. N.--(Marie-Noel),--1761-1826, Spectators--France--Paris--1780-1790
  • Places: Jardin des Tuileries Paris, France
  • 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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