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Background imageBlanchard Collection: Grand Aerostatic Balloon - Blanchard

Grand Aerostatic Balloon - Blanchard
Grand Aerostatic Balloon in which M. Blanchard ascended from the Royal Military Academy at Little Chelsea, 16 October 1784. [C.F.A. Pierce Collection]

Background imageBlanchard Collection: Portrait engraving of Jean Pierre Blanchard

Portrait engraving of Jean Pierre Blanchard [1785] [C.F.A. Pierce Collection]

Background imageBlanchard Collection: The first aerial crossing of the English Channel - Blanchard

The first aerial crossing of the English Channel - Blanchard
Original contemporary etching, coloured by hand, of the first aerial crossing of the English Channel, undertaken by Jean-Pierre Blanchard and an American physician, Dr John Jeffries

Background imageBlanchard Collection: Balon Aerostatique de M Blanchard

Balon Aerostatique de M Blanchard
Plate showing Balon Aerostatique de M. Blanchard. 1784

Background imageBlanchard Collection: Plate from Blanchard pamphlets 1787

Plate from Blanchard pamphlets 1787
Plate from Blanchard pamphlets, 1787

Background imageBlanchard Collection: Plate from Relation du 15me Voyage Aerien de Mr Blanchard

Plate from Relation du 15me Voyage Aerien de Mr Blanchard
Plate from Relation du 15me Voyage Ae

Background imageBlanchard Collection: Raphael Blanchard (1857-1919)

Raphael Blanchard (1857-1919)
Portrait of Raphael Blanchard, a French botanist. From Archives de Parasitologie Tome XVI No 4, 31 October 1919

Background imageBlanchard Collection: Blanchards balloon ascent, Little Chelsea

Blanchards balloon ascent, Little Chelsea

Background imageBlanchard Collection: Balloon descent, Prairie de Billancourt, France

Balloon descent, Prairie de Billancourt, France
View of Jean-Pierre Blanchards balloon, which ascended from the Champ de Mars, Paris, and landed on the Prairie de Billancourt (on the Haute-de-Seine) later the same day. 2 March 1784

Background imageBlanchard Collection: Balloon ascent by Blanchard, Champ de Mars, Paris

Balloon ascent by Blanchard, Champ de Mars, Paris
Balloon ascent by Jean-Pierre Blanchard from the Champ de Mars, Paris, with Pere Dont-Pecque (Dom Pech, a Benedictine monk). 2 March 1784

Background imageBlanchard Collection: Blanchards balloon and apparatus

Blanchards balloon and apparatus
A representation of Jean-Pierre Blanchards balloon and apparatus, with annotations. Below the large round balloon is a parachute, and under that two men in the gondola with wings for steering. 1780s

Background imageBlanchard Collection: Blanchard balloon ascent, Rouen, France

Blanchard balloon ascent, Rouen, France
Third balloon ascent of Jean-Pierre Blanchard, with Mr Boby, from the old barracks at Rouen. They later descended on the Plaine de Puissanval. 18 July 1784

Background imageBlanchard Collection: First balloon flight over the English Channel

First balloon flight over the English Channel, from Dover to the French coast, by Jean-Pierre Blanchard. Seen here is the balloon in flight between Calais and Boulogne, with a fisherman

Background imageBlanchard Collection: Blanchard and Lepinard balloon ascent

Blanchard and Lepinard balloon ascent
14th balloon ascent of Jean-Pierre Blanchard, accompanied by the Chevalier Lepinard, at Lille, Flanders. With spectators and soldiers on the ground. 26 August 1785

Background imageBlanchard Collection: Blanchard balloon ascent over Nuremberg, Germany

Blanchard balloon ascent over Nuremberg, Germany

Background imageBlanchard Collection: Blanchard balloon flight to Frankfurt, Germany

Blanchard balloon flight to Frankfurt, Germany
Jean-Pierre Blanchards balloon flight to Frankfurt, Germany. Seen here flying above the crowds in a city park with a small parachute attached to the gondola. (1 of 2) 3 October 1785

Background imageBlanchard Collection: Blanchards balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany

Blanchards balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany

Background imageBlanchard Collection: Entrance of Louis XVIII into Paris

Entrance of Louis XVIII into Paris
Scene on the Pont Neuf, Paris, during the entrance of King Louis XVIII into Paris, with Sophie Blanchard in flight overhead in her balloon

Background imageBlanchard Collection: Balloons and ballooning scenes

Balloons and ballooning scenes

Background imageBlanchard Collection: Jean Pierre Blanchard, French balloonist

Jean Pierre Blanchard, French balloonist
Jean Pierre Blanchard (1753-1809), French balloonist. 1785

Background imageBlanchard Collection: Blanchards balloon ascent, Chelsea, London

Blanchards balloon ascent, Chelsea, London
Grand Aerostatic Balloon, in which Mr Blanchard ascended from the Royal Military Academy at Little Chelsea, London. 16 October 1784

Background imageBlanchard Collection: La quatorzieme experience aerostatique de M. Blanchard accom

La quatorzieme experience aerostatique de M. Blanchard accompagne du Chevalier Lepinard faite e Lille en Flandre, le 26 aout 1785 Dediee e Messieurs les Magistrats de la ville de Lille en Flandre

Background imageBlanchard Collection: Madame Blanchard (Madeleine Sophie Armand) aeronaute nee ver

Madame Blanchard (Madeleine Sophie Armand) aeronaute nee vers 1778 death symbol e Paris 6 juillet 1819. Half-length portrait of French balloonist, Marie-Madeleine-Sophie Armand Blanchard. Date 1859

Background imageBlanchard Collection: Mr. Blanchard accompagne de Mr. Gefferies est parti... entr

Mr. Blanchard accompagne de Mr. Gefferies est parti... entre Calais et Boulogne. Print shows Jean Pierre Blanchard and John Jefferies arriving in Calais after crossing the English Channel in a hot

Background imageBlanchard Collection: Baron du Pont Duchambon, eleve du roi e l Ecole royale milit

Baron du Pont Duchambon, eleve du roi e l Ecole royale militaire de Paris le jour ou il a voulus enlever dans le balon de Blanchard au Champs de Mars, 1784

Background imageBlanchard Collection: Mr. Blanchard, lareonaute

Mr. Blanchard, lareonaute. Head-and-shoulders portrait of French balloonist Jean-Pierre Blanchard. Includes image of Blanchards balloon demonstrating his experiments with balloon navigation

Background imageBlanchard Collection: Francois Blanchard Fran?ois Blanchard

Francois Blanchard Fran?ois Blanchard
Francois Blanchard. Half-length profile portrait of French balloonist Jean-Pierre Blanchard. Date between 1780 and 1800

Background imageBlanchard Collection: MS Blanchard, celebre aeronauta, al momento del volo aerosta

MS Blanchard, celebre aeronauta, al momento del volo aerostatico da Lei eseguito in Milano in presenza delle LL. a. II. e RR. la sera del 15 agosto 1811

Background imageBlanchard Collection: Mr. Blanchard, citoyen de Calais, pensionaire de SMTC et cor

Mr. Blanchard, citoyen de Calais, pensionaire de SMTC et correspondent des plusieurs accademies sic. Head-and-shoulders portrait of French balloonist, Jean-Pierre Blanchard. Date between 1780 and 1800

Background imageBlanchard Collection: Blanchard Leaves Dover

Blanchard Leaves Dover
Jean-Pierre Blanchard and Dr John Jefferies leave Dover on their cross-Channel flight which makes them the first people to cross from England to France by air

Background imageBlanchard Collection: Blanchard Flies Channel2

Blanchard Flies Channel2
Jean-Pierre Blanchard and Dr John Jefferies are the first people to cross the English Channel by air : their flight from Dover ends in the forest of Guines, near Andres

Background imageBlanchard Collection: Charles Emile Blanchard

Charles Emile Blanchard
CHARLES EMILE BLANCHARD French naturalist, noted for work on intestinal worms

Background imageBlanchard Collection: Blanchard Crossing / Cig

Blanchard Crossing / Cig
Jean-Pierre Blanchard and Dr John Jefferies over the Channel, which they are the first people to cross by air, from Dover to the forest of Guines, near Andres



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