• Painting, on Ivory
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    Miniature framed painting on ivory. Image shows the landing of Charles and Robert, at Neles-la-Vallee, December 1, 1784. Robert is leaving the basket so that Charles can reascend alone, the first man to make a solo free flight. Reverse glass painting around the image. Reverse of frame is lined with paper.

Created by

Vanessa Nagengast

Date Created

05/05/2015

Source

National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Keywords

Art

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