The Birth of the Balloon

Enormous crowds gathered in Paris to watch one balloon after another rise above the city rooftops, carrying the first human beings into the air in the closing months of 1783. Collection celebrating the invention and early history of the balloon.

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 Expedition Polaire Andree, 1897 Object St. Etienne du Mont Object Japanese with Kites Object Print, Lithograph on Paper, Colored Object Two Ballooning Events Object Print, Lithograph on Paper, Colored Object Le Comte d'artois Aerostat de Javel Object L'ascendion de Vincent Lonardi Venitien a Lodres en 1784. Object Magic Lantern Slide Object Magic Lantern Slide Object Les Mysteres de l'Été Object Grands Ballons de Nice Object Ballon Captif Object Print, Lithograph on Paper, Colored Object Entree de Louis XVIII A Paris Object A Monsieur de Faujau de St. Fond, de Plusieurs Accademies Object Troisieme Voyage Aerien Object Second Voyageurs Aeriens ou Experience de MM. Charles et Robert Object Palais Des Tuileries Object A Messieurs Les Souscripteurs Object Mgt. le Duc de Chartres et Mr. le Duc de Fitz Jame Object Second Voyage Aérien Object L'Âge d'Or Object Aux Amateurs de Physique Object Selected filters: Object Type: Works of art Place: France Clear All