• Painting, Gouache on Paper, UNTITLED [THE FLESSELLE, 1784]
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    Gouache on paper painting of a Montgolfier balloon, The Flesselle, aloft over the sea, with ships on the water. Three figures are watching from a dock on the left side of the image. Two figures are in the gondola of the balloon. Painted on paper from a French ledger dated 1782 (see image of reverse).

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Digitized by Benjamin G. Sullivan

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12/12/2022

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