Title

Dr John Jeffries, American balloonist, 1786. (1911). Artist: Unknown

Caption

Dr John Jeffries, American balloonist, 1786. Jeffries (1744-1819) during a balloon ascent to investigate the atmospheric temperature. On 7 January, 1785, Jeffries and French balloonist Jean Pierre Blanchard made the first successful balloon flight across the English Channel. After a pastel drawing by John Russell (1745-1806). From The Connoisseur Volume XXIX [Otto Limited, London, 1911]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1911

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C64_316

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,9Mb (5,5Mb) / 13,3in x 17,8in / 3976 x 5350 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation outdoors gloves glove people male man men hat country day guy magazine clothes ballooning color colour hot air balloon dress atmosphere location century waistcoat thermometer one person air Transport United States of America United States fur hat 18th century 1910s 20th century Eighteenth Century American America USA The Print Collector atmospheric pressure balloonist Dr John Jeffries direct gaze The Connoisseur portrait Unknown John John pastel John Russell;Russell Jeffries Dr John John Jeffries atmospheric temperature pastel portrait