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Transport of the balloon 'Entreprenant' from Mauberge to Charleroi, 1794 (1890s). Artist: Anon
Transport of the balloon 'Entreprenant' from Mauberge to Charleroi, 1794 (1890s). In 1794 the revolutionary Committee of Public Safety established a company of balloonists for the French Army, the French Aerostatic Corps, based at Meudon in the suburbs of Paris. One of their balloons, the 'Entreprenant' provided vital reconnaissance information at the Battle of Fleurus in 1794. From the series The Dream of Flight. From a private collection.
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AR992912
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3458px × 5059px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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18th century
19th century
AERONAUTICS
Anon
anonymous
Army
Avenue
Balloon
ballooning
BATTLE OF FLEURUS
Battles
Belgium
color
concept
country
eighteenth century
Entreprenant
Fine Art Images
FLIGHT
France
French
French Aerostatic Corps
FRENCH ARMY
FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY WARS
INNOVATION
LANE
Lithograph
LOCATION
Male
Man
Men
Military
NINETEENTH CENTURY
People
reconnaissance
Road
Soldier
soldiers
Technology
TGN
Transportation, Air
transporting
WARFARE
Wars