Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, French balloonist. Cropped and contrast-enhanced image from the Library of Congress online collection. This image is now in the public domain. See catalog information below.
TITLE: F. Pilatre de Rozier. Premier navigateur aerien et pensionaire du roy / Pujos delineavit ad vivum ; Legrand, g.
CALL NUMBER: LOT 13400, no. 43 [P&P]
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REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-ppmsca-02227 (digital file from original print) LC-USZ62-15586 (b&w film copy neg.) No known restrictions on publication.
SUMMARY: Oval head-and-shoulders portrait of French balloonist Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, who took the first balloon flight in 1783.
MEDIUM: 1 print : etching with engraving.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [S.l.] : Chez Mr. Pujos, peintre, [between 1783 and 1800]
RELATED NAMES:
Pujos, André, 1738-1788, artist.
NOTES:
"Et se trouve chez Mr. Pujos Peintre, Quai Pelletier prés la Greve"-- at bottom of print.
Title from item.
Tissandier collection.
SUBJECTS:
Pilâtre de Rozier, Jean-François, 1754-1785. Balloonists--French--1780-1800.
FORMAT:
Portrait prints 1780-1800. Etchings 1780-1800.
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original print) ppmsca 02227 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.02227 (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a17830 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a17830
CARD #: 2002724820
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