Print, Mezzotint on Paper, FRANÇOIS BLANCHARD

Mezzotint print on paper. Francois Blanchard. Profile portrait of Jean Pierre Francois Blanchard in an octagonal frame. Blanchard wears button up coat with collar and hair in 18th century bag-wig style. Blanchard, along with Dr. John Jeffries made the first flight over the English Channel. On January 9, 1793 Blanchard was the first to fly a manned free flying balloon in the United States. His wife, Madeleine Sophie Armant Blanchard was also a professional aeronaut.