Title
Le Suffren aerostat in Nantes on 14th June 1784
Caption
Demonstration of the Le Suffren aerostat over the foundling hospital garden in Nantes on 14th June 1784
Coloured etching with frame (43 x 47 cm)
Muller-Quênot Collection
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Dedicated to Monsieur Coustard de Massi
Knight of the royal order and serviceman of St Louis lieutenant of the seigneurs Maréchaux of France.
Angled perspective of the new foundling hospital in the town.
Demonstration of the aerostat rising over the hospital garden at half past six on 14th June 1784, measuring 30ft by 6in in diameter accompanied by the gondola called LE SUFFREN, with the two aerial voyagers, Coustard de Massi and Mouchet de l’Oratoire, a local school teacher on board.
The oilskin aerostat reached a height of two thousand "toises" and covered 9 leagues in 58 minutes. It landed in a meadow near le Bourg de Getes in Anjou, ...
By its humble servant Antoine Henon
Paris, J. Chereau, rue St Jacques below the St Séverin fountain at the two columns N° 251
This print was sold in Nantes to the Sir Sébire quai Brancasse and has matching prints on wallpaper and other materials ...
Date
18th century
Credit line
Photo12/Association Muller Quenot Rosheim
Reference
MQR10A00_185
License type
Rights managed
Available size
64,6Mb (5,4Mb) / 16,5in x 15,2in / 4961 x 4549 (300dpi)