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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 Two scenes of le Flesselle Object The Ascent of the Royal Nassau Balloon from Vauxhall and The Fatal Descent of the Parachute Object The Royal Nassau Balloon Object He steers His Flight Aloft Object Print, Lithograph on Paper, Colored Object Experience Aerostatique Object View of the Ascent of Mr. Lunardi's Celebrated Air Balloon Object Apparatus for Filling M. Lunardi's balloon Object Apparatus for Filling M. Lunardi's Balloon Object Invention de L'Aérostat Object Paris et ses Environs: Les Arenes Nationales Object Vor der seite des Marsfeldes Object The Tower & Preparation of the Fireworks, with the Balloon in the Park Object Disegno del Delizoso Guardino di Moncucco, Pied 72 Larga 66' Object Print, Etching on Paper Object Sphère Aréotiatique ou Globe Volant Object Print, Etching on Paper Object Print, Engraving on Paper Object Print, Engraving on Paper Object Print, Engraving on Paper Object Print, Engraving on Paper Object Entree Dans Le Ville de Paris Object Vue du Passage du Cortege de Sa Mageste Louis xviii Object Passage de S.M. Louis Dix-Huit sur le Pont Neuf Object