Sujet
'Blanchard's Balloon', 1790 (1912). Artist: Unknown
Légende
'Blanchard's Balloon', 1790 (1912). Etched on metal. Jean Pierre Blanchard (1753-1809) was a prominent French pioneering balloonist. Together with American Dr John Jeffries he made the first aerial crossing of the English Channel in a hydrogen balloon on 7th January 1785. Taking off from Dover, Kent, they landed in the Foret de Felmores, France, approximately four and a half hours later. Famed throughout Europe for his ballooning, on 9th January 1793 Blanchard became the first person to fly a balloon in the USA. A print from One Hundred Silhouette Portraits, Horace Hart, at the University of Oxford Press, 1912.
The Print Collector collection
Date
1912
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM19C50_202
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,0Mo (2,5Mo) / 33,3cm x 37,7cm / 3931 x 4447 (300dpi)