Title
Ring commemorating Charles and Robert's second aerial voyage
Caption
Ring commemorating Charles and Robert's second aerial voyage from the jardins du château des Tuileries on 1st Decembre 1783.
Gold and miniature image painted on enamel (2.2 x 2 x 2.4 cm)
Muller-Quênot Collection
Info+
On Monday 1st December 1783 in the jardins des Tuileries, Charles and Robert took off on board their hydrogen balloon for an hour and forty minutes. That same day around quarter to four, the craft came back down batween the villages of Nesle and Hédouville in the Prairie de Nesle, 9 leagues nort west of Paris near the town of Beaumont sur l'Oise.
Date
18th century
Credit line
Photo12/Association Muller Quenot Rosheim
Reference
MQR10A00_104
License type
Rights managed
Available size
34,9Mb (992,5Kb) / 11,5in x 11,8in / 3440 x 3543 (300dpi)