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Expérience aërostatique faite à Versailles le 19 septembre 1783 en présence de leurs Majestés, de la famille royale et de plus de 130 milles spectateurs par Mrs. de Montgolfier avec un ballon de 57 pieds de hauteur, sur 41 de diamêtre A Monsieur de Faujas de St. Fond, de plusieurs accadémies.
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Print shows the balloon of Etienne Montgolfier decorated with King Louis XVI's monogram above the Palace of Versailles carry the first passengers in a balloon flight: a rooster, a sheep and a duck. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.)
Date A Paris : Chez le Noir Md. Fournisseur du Cabinet des Estampes du Roi demeurant au Louvre, [1783]
Medium 1 print : etching
institution QS:P195,Q131454
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Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-02446

Call Number: LOT 13403, no. 11 [P&P]
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under the digital ID ppmsca.02446.
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