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    Vue Prise de la Grille de Château, 1 December, 1783. A balloon flies highly over a densely wooded forest. A crowd has gathered below to witness the event. The flight depicted is that of Professor Jacques Charles and Marie-Noel Robert. The two aeronauts made the first manned flight of a gas balloon, leaving from the Jardin de Tuileries.

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Digitized by Benjamin G. Sullivan

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01/25/2021

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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

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Art; Aviation

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