TITLE: Premier descente en parachute ... Jacques Garnerin ... le 22 Octobre 1797

SUMMARY: Painting shows descent of Garnerin in a basket attached to a parachute from about 1000 meters while the unmanned balloon falls to the ground.

MEDIUM: 1 painting : gouache ; 18.7 x 12.5 cm.

CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1797.

NOTES: Bella C. Landauer collection. Exhibited: "The Dream of Flight" : American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2003-04.

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