Hot air balloon Montgolfier brothers first historic flight print 1786 art poster For Sale

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Hot air balloon Montgolfier brothers first historic flight print 1786 art poster:
$23.98

"Figure exacte et proportions DU GLOBE AEROSTATIQUE, Qui, le premier, a enleve des Hommes dans les Airs."

Shapeand exact proportions of the "Aerostatic Globe", which was the first to first carry men through the air.

A 1786 engraved and hand-coloured print depicting the Montgolfier brothers historic balloon with engineering data.

Printed area (image as on the main picture)measures:

Large poster 18.0x23.7 inch / 45.7x60.3 cm(approx. same sheet size)

Joseph-Michel Montgolfier (26.08.1740 – 26.06.1810) and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier (06.01.1745 – 02.08.1799) were paper manufacturers from Annonay, in Ardèche, France best known as inventors of the Montgolfière-style hot air balloon orglobe aérostatique. They launched the first piloted ascent. Joseph-Michel was described as a maverick and dreamer and was impractical in terms of business and personal affairs. Of the two brothers, it was Joseph who was first interested in aeronautics. Joseph made his first definitive experiments in November 1782 while living in Avignon. To make a public demonstration and to claim its invention the brothers constructed a globe-shaped balloon of sackcloth tightened with three thin layers of paper inside. On 4 June 1783, they flew the balloon at Annonay in front of a group of dignitaries. Word of their success quickly reached Paris. On 19 September 1783, the demonstration was performed at the royal palace in Versailles, before King Louis XVI of France and Queen Marie Antoinette and a crowd.In collaboration with paper manufacturer Réveillon, Étienne built a 60,000-cubic-foot (1,700m3) balloon for the purpose of making flights with humans. It was about seventy-five feet (23 m) tall and about fifty feet (15 m) in diameter. Réveillon supplied rich decorative touches of gold figures on a deep blue background, including fleur-de-lis, signs of the zodiac, and suns with Louis XVI's face in the center interlaced with the royal monogram in the central section. Red and blue drapery and golden eagles were at the base of the balloon. Étienne Montgolfier was the first human to lift off the Earth, most likely on October 15, 1783.

This posteris a high quality"giclee" reproduction of a restored antique original,custom-printed on Standard Single-weightMatt Coated art paper 140gsm ( flexible option,easier to tackdirectly on a wall but could also be framed). We usethe latest UltraChromeHDX pigment inks which guarantee 60 years of colour permanence (up to 200 years fade-prooffor colour prints).

If you aregoing to frame this print we recommend you to checkour other listing for same print on Heavyweight Matt Coated art paper 230gsm (moreof a thincard density) or superb Epson Matt Canvas 320gsm. All our giclee prints are of the same high quality.

POSTER PRINTQUALITY

Please note that ourreproduction posters aremade to orderand every print is checked before posting. The images we use in most cases are scans of antique originals,professionally restored in orderto remove themost evidentstains, folds,tearsand other damage.Westrive to balance the restoration and savingthe overall integrity andantique appearance of the original. Our restored images are unique and these prints can be purchased only from VictorianMaps.

There will be no watermark on your image but theremight be a white border depending on aspect ratio of the original. Please note that when a large antique original is reduced to a smaller size printsome text may not be readable. Please checkour measurements:every poster has its own aspect ratiosame asoriginaland printed exactly as pictured.

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