Title

Transport of the balloon 'Entreprenant' from Mauberge to Charleroi, 1794 (1890s). Artist: Anon

Caption

Transport of the balloon 'Entreprenant' from Mauberge to Charleroi, 1794 (1890s). In 1794 the revolutionary Committee of Public Safety established a company of balloonists for the French Army, the French Aerostatic Corps, based at Meudon in the suburbs of Paris. One of their balloons, the 'Entreprenant' provided vital reconnaissance information at the Battle of Fleurus in 1794. From the series The Dream of Flight. From a private collection.

Date

1890

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Fine Art Images

Reference

HRM19D91_077

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,1Mb (4,3Mb) / 11,5in x 16,9in / 3458 x 5059 (300dpi)

Keywords

road people male technology man men street country French France flight balloon guy ballooning Belgium color colour lane avenue innovation military war location century soldiers soldier aviation concept battle transporting Army warfare aeronautics 19th century reconnaissance 18th century Eighteenth Century nineteenth century Battle of Fleurus French Revolutionary Wars TGN French Army lithograph Anon Anonymous Entreprenant French Aerostatic Corps Fine Art Images lithograph