Description
- Abstract:
- This print represents one of the attractions proposed to the public on the fourteenth of July. M. Poitevin and his horse flew over Paris in a hot air balloon. Poitevin later declared having seen Paris from so high, that the city looked like a map.
Access Conditions
- Rights
- No Copyright - United States
- Restrictions on Use
- Collection is open for research.
Citation
"Ascension de M. Poitevin au Champ-de-Mars, le 14 Juillet 1850."
(1850).
Paris: Capital of the 19th Century.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:86885/
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Paris: Capital of the 19th Century
...The project, "Paris, Capital of the 19th century," initiated by the French Studies and Comparative Literature Departments of Brown University, provides a window into the cultural, political and social context of 19th century Parisian culture.
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