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Dr John Jeffries, American balloonist, 1786.
AR925616 
'Fowls of a Feather Flock together'; a group of aeronauts, c1785.
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Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles, French physicist, c1783.  Artist: Simon Charles Miger
AR925141 
Portrait of French balloonist Sophie Blanchard during her flight in Milan, Italy, 1811. Artist: Luigi Rados 
Portrait of French balloonist Sophie Blanchard during her flight in Milan, Italy, 1811. Sophie Blanchard (1778-1819) was the wife of ballooning pioneer Jean-Pierre Blanchard. She made over 60 ascents, surviving losing consciousness, freezing temperatures and almost drowning after landing in a marsh. She became a favourite of Napoleon, who appointed her 'Aeronaut of the Official Festivals' in 1804. The flight in Milan she is pictued making was to commemorate the Emperor's 42nd birthday. Blanchard was killed in 1819 during an exhibition in the Tivoli Gardens in Paris when fireworks she set off ignited the gas in her balloon, causing it to crash. From a private collection. 
Unique Identifier AR992934 
Type Image 
Purpose Public 
Size 3446px × 5091px 
Photo Credit HIP / Art Resource, NY 
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Tags
19th century
AERONAUT
AERONAUTICS
Aviator
B&W
B/W
ballooning
balloonist
Black & White
Black and white
BLANCHARD
Costume
country
Dress
Engraving
Fashion
Female
Fine Art Images
FLIGHT
France
French
Italy
JOB
LADY
LOCATION
LOMBARDY
Luigi
Luigi Rados
MILAN
Monochrome
NINETEENTH CENTURY
OCCUPATION
People
Portrait
PROFESSION
Rados
SOPHIE
Sophie Blanchard
STANDING
TGN
Transportation, Air
Woman
Women