Rare-Antique Master Print-BALLOON FLIGHT CHARLES-ROBERT-SATIRE-Friese-ca. 1783

Rare-Antique Master Print-BALLOON FLIGHT CHARLES-ROBERT-SATIRE-Friese-ca. 1783

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€395.00

‘AUX AMATEURS DE PHYSIQUE.’

– Satirical crowd scene outside the Tuileries Garden wall during the 1783 balloon launch of Charles and Robert. Figures climb walls, some women indecently exposed, while others cheer and stare with telescopes. Balloon in distance.

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SKU: PICTURA-09850 Category: Tag:

Description

Medium: Etching on Hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 25.5 x 31.2 cm (10.04 x 12.28 inch). Image size: 25 x 31 cm. (9.84 x 12.2 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Some small scatterd holdes. Paper separations at right and top left plate marks, backed. Small tear at bottom middle, backed. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

BALLOONING, JACQUES CHARLES, MARIE-NO?L ROBERT, SATIRE, 18TH CENTURY, FRENCH PRINT, CROWD SCENE, VOYEURISM, SCIENTIFIC SPECTACLE | PCO-EXPO-99 (FRENCH)

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published by Friese, Rue de Harlay, Paris. Likely issued shortly after the balloon ascent of 1 December 1783.

Additional information

Dimensions 1 cm

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