Air-balloons / A. Bell, sculpt. LOT 13404, no. 1 [P&P]Check for an...

CALL NUMBER:LOT 13404, no. 1 [P&P]
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REPRODUCTION NUMBER:LC-DIG-ppmsca-02501 (digital file from original print)
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SUMMARY:Book illustration shows five early balloon ascensions in France: two Montgolfier balloons (Fauxbourg St. Antoine and St. Germain); a 1784 balloon of Jean-Pierre Blanchard; and a Charles and Robert balloon being inflated at Champs-de-Mar and ascending at Versailles on September 19, 1783. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82).

MEDIUM:1 print : etching with engraving.

CREATED/PUBLISHED:[1784?]

CREATOR:

Bell, Andrew, 1726-1809, engraver.

NOTES:

Title from item.

"Plate CCCXIV" from unidentified publication.

Tissandier collection.

SUBJECTS:

Montgolfier, Jacques-Etienne, 1745-1799--Associated objects.
Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel, 1740-1810--Associated objects.
Blanchard, Jean-Pierre, 1753-1809--Associated objects.
Charles, Jacques Alexandre César, 1746-1823--Associated objects.
Robert, M. N.--Associated objects.
Balloons (Aircraft)--French--1780-1790.
Balloon ascensions--France--Versailles--1780-1790.

FORMAT:

Book illustrations 1780-1790.
Etchings 1780-1790.

REPOSITORY:Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID:(digital file from original print) ppmsca 02501

CARD #:2002722692

Pop Art Machine Code: ppmsca-02500-02501