Sujet
Andre Jacques Garnerin, French aeronaut and the first parachutist, c1802 (1910). Artist: Unknown
Légende
Andre Jacques Garnerin, French aeronaut and the first parachutist, c1802 (1910). 'Monsr Garnerin, and his Extraordinary Descent in a Parachute'. Garnerin (1769-1823) became a balloon inspector in the French Army in 1793. In Paris in 1797, he performed the first public exhibition of a parachute jump from a free-flying balloon, descending 3200 feet. He was the first aeronaut to parachute regularly. He often worked with his brother, Jean-Baptiste-Olivier Garnerin. Illustration from The Connoisseur, (August 1910).
The Print Collector collection
Date
1910
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM19C38_454
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,2Mo (2,3Mo) / 28,3cm x 44,4cm / 3345 x 5243 (300dpi)