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Picture No 10150452
Date 27 August 1783
Description Charles, Robert, Balloon
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Unmanned balloon, filled with 'inflammable Air drawn from Iron by means of a Vitriolic Acid' travels from the Champ de Mars to Gonzesse where it is attacked by peasants.
Source Contemporary engraving by an unnamed artist, published by Wallis in London two months later
Credit Mary Evans Picture Library
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