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Picture No
10610355
Date
December 1783
Description
Balloon ascent from Prairie de Nesle, northern France
Details
Balloon ascent by M Charles from the Prairie de Nesle, northern France, where it had landed after taking off from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, on 1 December 1783. Seen here ascending for the second time. M Robert, who accompanied Charles from Paris, can be seen on the ground with others, waving. It was the first hydrogen balloon flight.