Title
Box decorated with a balloon flight, 1783
Caption
Box with painted design
Jacques Charles and Robert brothers' world's first manned hydrogen balloon takeoff on 1st December 1783 to the Tuileries.
Ivory box with decoration on ivory (diameter 7 cm)
Muller-Quênot Collection
Info+
The model represents Charles and Robert's takeoff to the Tuileries on 1st December 1783. In the presence of a crowd of around 400 000 people, Charles and Robert rose above the jardins des Tuileries at forty minutes past one. The craft rose majestically in the midst of the crowd's applause. The balloon surpassed the height of Monceau, crossing the Seine between Saint-Ouen and Asnières, flying over Sannois, Taverny l’Ile-Adam, then Nesle where it begqn it's descent. The balloon landed near the hunting lodge of Mr Farrer, an English gentleman.
Date
1783
Credit line
Photo12/Association Muller Quenot Rosheim
Reference
MQR10A00_008
License type
Rights managed
Available size
36,0Mb (1,4Mb) / 11,8in x 11,9in / 3543 x 3555 (300dpi)