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File:Jacques Charles Luftschiff.jpg

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Jacques Charles: Charlière (1783)

Departure of Jacques Charles and Marie-Noel Robert’s ‘aerostatic globe’ balloon from the Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, on Dec. 1, 1783.

Drawing shows Jacques Charles and Nicolas Marie-Noel Robert standing in their hydrogen-filled balloon waving flags, beginning their ascent from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, with the former Tuileries Palace in the background. Thousands of spectators are gathered in the foreground to witness the first manned gas balloon flight.

"Anonymous engraving on the same lines, with print entitled 'To the honour of Messrs. Charls and Robert'"—typed on accompanying note.
Date [1783?]
Source United States Library of Congress LC-DIG-ppmsca-02284 (digital file from original drawing), uncompressed archival TIFF version (52 MiB), color level (pick white point, adjust black & white levels), and converted to JPEG (quality level 88) with the GIMP 2.6.1
Author Possibly drawn by
Antoine Louis François Sergent dit Sergent-Marceau  (1751–1847)  wikidata:Q4775505
 
Antoine Louis François Sergent dit Sergent-Marceau
Alternative names
Sergent-Marceau
Description French painter and engraver
Date of birth/death 9 October 1751 Edit this at Wikidata 24 July 1847 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Chartres Nice
Work location
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q4775505
, who engraved a pair of balloon prints "Expérience de Charles et Robert dans le jardin des Tiuleries, 1 décembre 1783" and "Descente de l'aérostat dans la prairie de Nesles."
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under the digital ID cph.3j00192.
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current01:05, 19 December 2012Thumbnail for version as of 01:05, 19 December 20123,514 × 4,813 (27.02 MB)Paris 16new file from LOC.
06:39, 29 April 2012Thumbnail for version as of 06:39, 29 April 20123,502 × 3,884 (17.83 MB)Paris 16e
17:01, 19 December 2011Thumbnail for version as of 17:01, 19 December 20113,502 × 3,884 (17.7 MB)Paris 16{{Information |Description=Jacques Charles: ''Charlière'' (1783) {{fr|Premier voyage aérien exécuté dans un aérostat à gaz hydrogène par Jacques Charles et Marie-Noël Robert. Le 1er décembre 1783. Dép
05:34, 7 December 2008Thumbnail for version as of 05:34, 7 December 20083,689 × 5,000 (4.42 MB)EubulidesHigher-resolution version of the file, from the Library of Congress, with a better color balance.
17:03, 17 July 2005Thumbnail for version as of 17:03, 17 July 2005756 × 1,024 (128 KB)Saperaud~commonswikiJacques Charles Luftschiff. Das Luftschiff von Jacques Charles und Marie-Noel Robert startet in den Tuileries von Paris am 1. Dezember 1783 Source: german wikipedia, original upload 9. Jul 2004 by de:Benutzer:Stefan Kühn; there http://hdl.loc.g
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