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Apparition du globe aerostatique de Mr. Blanchard, entre Calais et Boulogne parti de Douvres le 7 de Janvier 1785 à 1 heure 1/2
Title
Apparition du globe aerostatique de Mr. Blanchard, entre Calais et Boulogne parti de Douvres le 7 de Janvier 1785 à 1 heure 1/2 [graphic] / dessiné par Desrais ; gravé́ par L. Bonvalet.
Publication
A Paris : Chez Basset rue St. Jacques au coin de celle des Mathurins, [1785]
Physical Description
1 print : etching and aquatint ; sheet 30.5 x 37 cm
Medium
laid paper
Notes
Title etched below image.
Dedication etched above title: Dedié à Mr. Blanchard, Pensioné de Roi, Citoyen de Calais.
"Avec Privilege du Roi"--Following imprint.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides.
Six lines of verse, signed "Basset" at the end, in two columns below title: Le Pécheur qui sur l'eau tenait son bras tendu ...
Summary
A scene in rural France: A farmer holding onto a plow drawn by a team of oxen, shepherds with their sheep, and a man fishing in a stream, all look up in astonishment at the air balloon overhead. This print references the third flight of Jean-Pierre Blanchard, his second with American John Jeffries and the first flight over the English Channel.
Variant and related titles
Text above image: Premier passager aerien de la mer
Dedié à Mr. Blanchard, pensioné du roi, citoyen de Calais
Format
Images
Language
French
Added to Catalog
January 15, 2021
Subjects
Genre/Form
Etchings - France - Paris - 1785.
Aquatints - France - Paris - 1785.
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