• Print, Etching on Paper, Uncolored, LE MOMENT D'HILARITÉ UNIVERSELLE OU LE TRIOMPHE DE MMRS. CHARLES ET ROBERT AU JARDIN DES THUILERIES LE 1ER. XBRE. 1783.
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    Uncolored etching of Charles and Robert ascending from the Thuileries gardens in 1783. The image shows the balloon at three parts of the ascension: on the ground, aloft, and far in the distance. A large crowd watches from the ground. A smaller, circular image is below the main etching. This image shows the monument expected to be erected at the location of the ascension. 'J.FF. inv enit et delinavit. H.G. Bertaux, Sculpt. Se vend chez M. le Noir au Louvre. Voy és le Journal de Paris du 2 Xbre.'

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Vanessa Nagengast

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01/28/2015

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