Montgolfier Collection

Montgolfier 1st Flight
The first manned ascent - Pilatre de Rozier and the marquis d Arlandes make history in a hot-air Montgolfiere

Montgolfier balloon in flight over Paris
First manned balloon ascent, made in the presence of the Dauphin, from the Jardin de la Muette, Paris, under the direction of Montgolfier

Montgolfier Ist Manned
Intrepid pioneers PILATRE DE ROZIER and the marquis D ARLANDES make the first successful manned flight in a Montgolfier balloon (hot air) at Paris

Balloon ascent, Champ de Mars, Paris
Balloon ascent by Montgolfier, d Anonai and Vivarais from the Champ de Mars, Paris. 27 August 1783

Balloon ascent on Queen Victorias birthday

Satirical ballooning image
A rude satirical image of large and small balloons tied together, lifting a cannon, entitled The Montgolsier. A first rate of the French Aerial Navy. A Fart, an Ass, a Fool, A Monkey, a Nothing. 1783

First Manned Balloon
The hot air Montgolfiere carrying de Rozier and d Arlandes, makes the worlds first manned ascent, over Paris

Conquest of the Air, first hot air balloon by Montgolfier, with a modern airship in the foreground. circa 1923

The balloon man, caricature of the balloonist Montgolfier
The balloon man, l homme aux ballons, caricature of the balloonist Montgolfier by Jean-Baptiste Letourmy of Orleans, 18th century

Balloon and parachute pioneers, 18th century
Etienne and Joseph Montgolfiers hot-air balloon 1, and brazier a, Professor Jacques Charless balloon and gondola 2, hydrogen-gas mechanism b, and Jean-Pierre Blanchard with his parachute 3

Pilatre De Rozier
JEAN-FRANCOIS PILATRE DE ROZIER Pioneer French aviator, made the first manned balloon ascent in a Montgolfier balloon. Date: 1756 - 1785

Hot-air balloon from 18th century. Engraving

Balloon designs by Charles & Robert and Montgolfier
Balloon designs by Charles and Robert (1, 5) and the Montgolfier Brothers (2, 3, 4). No. 3 ascended from Versailles. No. 4 ascended from the Chateau de la Muette. No

Ornate balloon ascending, Paris
A large, ornate Montgolfier balloon ascending over Paris, with two passengers (probably Andre Giroud de Villette and Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier). With people on the launch site below

Montgolfier balloon, built in the garden of Jean-Baptiste Reveillon, Rue de Montreuil, Faubourg St Antoine, Paris, funded by the Academie Royale des Sciences. Depicted here being filled by gas

Montgolfier balloon in flight over Lyons, France
Third balloon ascent in Lyons, France, under the direction of Joseph de Montgolfier, showing the balloon known as Le Flesselle in flight above the city. Date: 19 January 1784

General Alarm of the Inhabitants of Gonese, occasioned the Fall of the Air Balloon on M. Montgolfier (1783) [C.F.A. Pierce Collection]

One of the Montgolfier brothers departing from England (18th c.). Engraving

Montgolfier brothers. Trying a balloon boarded by a duck, a chicken and a sheep in the courtyard of the Palace of Versailles, in the presence of Louis XVI. 19th September, 1873. Illustration 18th c

Air balloon of the brothers Jacques-ɴienne and
Air balloon of the brothers Jacques-ɴ ienne and

Hot-air balloon. 18th c. Engraving

Balloon. Engraving. It leaved in 14th January, 1784

Hot-air balloon from 18th century. Drawing

TENRE, Henry Charles (1864-1926). Launching of a Montgolfier in 1809. Illustration from a 19th century manifesto. Engraving

First flight of a hot-air balloon on 22th December 1783 in Defsessebruk (Wales)

CARNICERO, Antonio (1748-1814). The Ascent of the Montgolfier Balloon at Aranjuez. 1792. It is supposed to be Vicente Lunardis ascent in the Retiro. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Madrid. Prado Museum

CARNICERO, Antonio (1748-1814); CARNICERO, Antonio (1748-1814). The Ascent of the Montgolfier Balloon at Aranjuez; The

Balloon ascent over Lyons, France
Balloon ascent over Lyons. The Balloon, known as Le Flesselle, contained Montgolfier the elder, Pilatre de Rosier, Prince Charles de Ligne, Le Comte de la Porte d Anglefort, Le Comte de Laurencin

Montgolfier balloon ascent, Versailles

Montgolfier balloon, ascent over Lyons, France
The Montgolfier balloon, Le Flesselle, which ascended over Lyons, France. 19 January 1784

Montgolfier balloon in flight over Lyons, France
General view of Lyons, France, taken from the top of the Faubourg de la Guillotiere, showing the Montgolfier balloon Le Flesselle in flight above the city. 19 January 1784

Return of a balloon, Paris
The ceremonial return of a balloon to Paris, with various people of distinction. Charles and Robert made the ascent from the Tuileries Gardens the previous day. 2 December 1783

Ballooning celebration for Queen Victorias birthday
Front page of The Penny Satirist - A cheap substitute for a weekly Newspaper. Showing a large image of the Montgolfier balloon ascending from the Surrey Zoological Gardens with about ten people in

Montgolfier balloon, Champ de Mars, Paris
Montgolfiers air balloon above the Champ de Mars, Paris, watched by a large crowd. 27 August 1783

Balloons and ballooning scenes

Ornate Montgolfier balloon
An ornate Montgolfier balloon, Le Flesselles, measuring 126 feet high and 100 feet wide. Montgolfier and six others ascended in this balloon above Lyons, France, on 19 January 1784. 1784

Descent of Montgolfier balloon
The descent of the Montgolfier balloon, landing in countryside to the consternation of local farmers. 1783

Montgolfier balloon, Gonesse, near Paris
General alarm of the inhabitants of Gonesse, near Paris, resulting from the fall of Montgolfiers air balloon. 1783

Book cover, La Conquete de l Air

Le ballon de Lyon, nomme le de Flesselles de 120 pieds de haut sur 102 diametre, d apres les dimensions donnees par Mr. Montgolfier et eleve des Brotteaux jusquapres de 1400 Toises

Etienne & Joseph Montgolfier Etienne & Joseph Montgolfier
Etienne & Joseph Montgolfier. Bust-length double profile portrait of the Montgolfier brothers, French ballonists. After the gold medal designed by Houdon. Date between 1820 and 1880

Jos. de Montgolfier, chevalier de l ordre de St. Michel, inventeur de l art aerostatique. Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French balloonist, Joseph Montgolfier. Date between 1780 and 1810

Blank sheet of stationery with elaborate watermark for the French papermakers Canson & Montgolfier, including an 1883 calendar surrounded by a decorative border

A Etienne de Montgolfier, cooperateur et inventeur de l art aerostatique. Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French balloonist, Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier. Date between 1780 and 1810

Etienne et Joseph Montgolfier, freres. Nes e Annonay en Vivaraes i.e. Vivarais, inventeurs en Societe du globe aerostatique

Melle. de Montgolfier (Collection de MA Goupil). Full-length portrait of Adelaide Montgolfier, seated on a wall with balloons in the background. Date between 1880 and 1900

Model of a statue dedicated to French balloonists, Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier, featuring a double profile portrait from a gold medal designed by Houdon and an inflated balloon

Double profile portrait of the Montgolfier brothers, French balloonists, with view of their birthplace, Annonay, and two other scenes from France pittoresque. Date between 1790 and 1850

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