The Descent of the Air Balloon
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Date
1783
Description
Engraving made for "European Magazine" showing a group of frightened men and women, a dog and a monkey in a tree witnessing the descent of the Montgolfier balloon which carried the first live aeronauts- a rooster, a sheep and a duck. A young child looks out from a top window, and a religious figure approaches the scene carrying a bible and brandishing a crucifix. Caption beneath image: Monsier de Montgolfiers Air Balloon, after having Ascended an Amazeing heighth above the Clouds & being Carryd [sic] in the Air 45 Leagues, fell down near a Cottage, where the poor Country People were exceedinly frighten'd & Astonished, the Cock, Sheep, & the Duck came out of the Basket which had been / tyed to it, unhurt.
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