A French faience plate with aeronauts with flags, 1785. Artist: Unknown

A French faience plate with aeronauts with flags, 1785. Artist: Unknown

1-527-309 - Art Media/Heritage Images

A French faience plate with aeronauts with flags, 1785. A popular painted scene was the Charles and Robert balloon, 'Globe'. This was the world's first gas balloon, designed by a French professor of physics, Jacques Charles, and constructed by the brothers Jean and Noel Robert.


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Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
People Related
  1. Jacques Charles: French: physicist, balloonist
  2. Jean Robert: French: Builder of first hydrogen balloon
  3. Noel Robert: French: Builder of first hydrogen balloon

Medium
  1. Ceramic

Picture Type
  1. Object

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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3237x3290
File Size : 31,201kb


Aliases

  1. C211439
  1. 0510008205
  1. 1-527-309
  1. 1527309

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