| dc.coverage.spatial | Nesle (France) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Unknown | en_US |
| dc.date | c. 1783 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-28T16:26:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-01-28T16:26:50Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1778-1788 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | VBI_000242 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/193216 | |
| dc.description | Engraving showing J.A.C. Charles descending in his balloon, waving a flag over the crowd assembled at the Prairie de Nesle, the landing site of the first hydrogen balloon flight, on December 1, 1783. Marie-Noel Robert is shown below, presenting a document to the Duke of Charters, the Duke of Fitz-James, and an "English Gentleman" to be signed by the Priests d' Hedonville and of Nesle. A caption beneath the image gives the details of the scene. | en_US |
| dc.description | For more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/510 | en_US |
| dc.language | fre | en_US |
| dc.rights | No Copyright - United States | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/ | en_US |
| dc.subject | Flags | en_US |
| dc.subject | Crowds | en_US |
| dc.subject | Balloonists | en_US |
| dc.subject | Balloon ascensions -- France -- 1780-1790 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Ballooning | en_US |
| dc.subject | Church buildings | en_US |
| dc.subject | Robert, M. N. (Marie-Noël), 1761-1826 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Charles, Jacques Alexandre César, 1746-1823 | en_US |
| dc.title | Globe Aerostatique... A Monseiur Charles | en_US |
| dc.type | Still Image | en_US |
| dc.publisher.institution | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections | en_US |
| dc.type.genre | prints (visual works) | |
