Dome

Etching and engraving depicting villagers from Gonesse, France attacking the first gas balloon with pitchforks and other weapons, after it descended in the center of their town on August 27, 1783. A caption describes the event and the balloon and mistakenly identifies it as belonging to Montgolfier, though it had been designed and launched by J.A.C. Charles and constructed by M.N. and Jean Robert.For more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/512