Title
Aerostatic experiment at the Champs de Mars on 27th August 1783
Caption
Balloon taking off from the Champs de Mars on 27th August 1783, which crashed the same day in Gonesse.
Coloured etching with frame (14.7 x 12.4 cm)
Muller-Quênot Collection
Info+
On 27th August at around two o'clock in the morning, the inflated balloon was placed in a wagon to be transported to la place des Victoires in the undeveloped land of the Champs de Mars. It passed through le pont Royal, then la rue de Bourbon before running parallel with the Invalides and l’école Militaire. At five o'clock a gunshot announced the beginning of the experiment. The balloon, free from its ties, rose rapidly into the sky, to the amazement of the three hundred thousand spectators. Within two minutes it had already reached a height of 488 toises.
Date
18th century
Credit line
Photo12/Association Muller Quenot Rosheim
Reference
MQR10A00_229
License type
Rights managed
Available size
35,1Mb (3,2Mb) / 10,8in x 12,6in / 3243 x 3780 (300dpi)