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    Montgolfier in the Clouds- Constructing of Air Balloons for the Grande Monarque, March 2 1794. Print of Joseph Montgolfier floating on a layer of clouds and blowing bubbles into the sky. This British lampoon ridicules Montgolfier for supposedly boasting that he could conquer British Gibraltar with an aerial army.

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Digitized by Julie Weinstein

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02/10/2021

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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

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Art; Aviation

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