Show simple item record

dc.coverage.spatialGonesseen_US
dc.creatorUnknownen_US
dc.datec. 1783en_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-28T16:26:52Z
dc.date.available2022-01-28T16:26:52Z
dc.date.issued1778-1788en_US
dc.identifierVBI_000244
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/193218
dc.descriptionEtching 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.en_US
dc.descriptionFor more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/512en_US
dc.languagefreen_US
dc.rightsNo Copyright - United Statesen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/en_US
dc.subjecttownscapes (representations)en_US
dc.subjectBalloons (aircraft)en_US
dc.subjectViolenceen_US
dc.titleAllarme Generale de Habitans de Gonesseen_US
dc.typeStill Imageen_US
dc.publisher.institutionMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collectionsen_US
dc.type.genreprints (visual works)
dc.relation.referencesVBI_000513


Files in this item

1.261Mb
JPEG image

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record