Charles and Robert's balloon landing, fan circa 1900
Charles and Robert's balloon landing, fan circa 1900
Bone brisé fan, painted of the landing of Charles and Robert's hot-air balloon on December 1, 1783 in the Vexin valley, in front of a small assembly of nobles and villagers.
Good condition (small repair at the bottom of counter guard)
H : 17,5 cm
Jacques Charles and Nicolas Robert's aerostatic experiment is the first manned, non-captive ascent of a hot-air balloon.
The globe, filled with hydrogen, rose from the Tuileries Gardens in Paris on Monday, December 1, 1783, before the eyes of some 400,000 curious onlookers.
The balloon drifted northwards at an altitude of 500 metres. It passes Asnières, Argenteuil, Sannois, Plessis Bouchard, Saint Leu la Forêt, Franconville, Taverny, Villiers Adam, Métiel Abbaye du Val, L'Isle-Adam. It reached Nesles-la-Vallée in the Vexin valley and landed in a field, at a place called les Grands-Herbages, after 2 hours 05 of flight.
Good condition (small repair at the bottom of counter guard)
H : 17,5 cm
Jacques Charles and Nicolas Robert's aerostatic experiment is the first manned, non-captive ascent of a hot-air balloon.
The globe, filled with hydrogen, rose from the Tuileries Gardens in Paris on Monday, December 1, 1783, before the eyes of some 400,000 curious onlookers.
The balloon drifted northwards at an altitude of 500 metres. It passes Asnières, Argenteuil, Sannois, Plessis Bouchard, Saint Leu la Forêt, Franconville, Taverny, Villiers Adam, Métiel Abbaye du Val, L'Isle-Adam. It reached Nesles-la-Vallée in the Vexin valley and landed in a field, at a place called les Grands-Herbages, after 2 hours 05 of flight.
