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Pour la Féte du Roy! Par Élisa Garnerin.
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Print, Etching on Paper, Colored , POUR LA FÉTE DU ROY! PAR ÉLISA GARNERIN.
Hand-colored etching showing Elisa Garnerin (1791-1853) parachuting from a balloon. She is standing in a basket under a parachute, while the hot air balloon that carried her aloft is shown in the upper left quardrant. This may be a representation of a flight from Paris on September 17, 1815, celebrating the allied victory over Napoleon, with the King of Prussia in attendance.
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Print, Etching on Paper, Colored , POUR LA FÉTE DU ROY! PAR ÉLISA GARNERIN.
Hand-colored etching showing Elisa Garnerin (1791-1853) parachuting from a balloon. She is standing in a basket under a parachute, while the hot air balloon that carried her aloft is shown in the upper left quardrant. This may be a representation of a flight from Paris on September 17, 1815, celebrating the allied victory over Napoleon, with the King of Prussia in attendance.
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Usage Conditions May Apply
- Usage Conditions Apply
- There are restrictions for re-using this media. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page.
- IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and image viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. More - https://iiif.si.edu
- View Manifest
- View in Mirador Viewer
Print, Etching on Paper, Colored , POUR LA FÉTE DU ROY! PAR ÉLISA GARNERIN.
Hand-colored etching showing Elisa Garnerin (1791-1853) parachuting from a balloon. She is standing in a basket under a parachute, while the hot air balloon that carried her aloft is shown in the upper left quardrant. This may be a representation of a flight from Paris on September 17, 1815, celebrating the allied victory over Napoleon, with the King of Prussia in attendance.
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Élisa Garnerin Ascent
The daring Élisa Garnerin, a member of a pioneering French ballooning family, tops a balloon ascent from Lille, France, with a parachute descent to Earth. She made 30 parachute jumps between 1815 and 1836.
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This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.