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]

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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]
Alternative Title: Premier passager aerien de la mer
Dedié à Mr. Blanchard, pensioné du roi, citoyen de Calais
Creator: Bonvallet, L. (Louis), approximately 1748-1818, printmaker
Contributor: Desrais, Claude Louis, 1746-1816, artist.
Basset, André, active 1749-1785, publisher.
Published / Created: [1785]
Publication Place: A Paris
Publisher: Chez Basset rue St. Jacques au coin de celle des Mathurins
Abstract: 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
Description: 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 ...
Provenance: Justin Croft; January 2021.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 30.5 x 37 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: French