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The Montgolfier - A First Rate of the French Aerial Navy

Recordum; Duchery, E.
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URI
https://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/193243
Date
1783
Description
Satirical etching imagining a Montgolfier, as the commander of the French army, sitting atop a balloon suspended by five smaller balloons decorated with commentary images described below: "A f__t-- An Ass--A Fool--A Monkey--A Nothing."
 
For more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/537
 
Subject
cartoons (humorous images), Balloonists, Satire, Balloons (aircraft)
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No Copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/
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