[Lunar halo and luminescent cross observed during the balloon Zénith's long distance flight from Paris to Arcachon in March, 1875] (LOC)

[Lunar halo and luminescent cross observed during the balloon Zénith's long distance flight from Paris to Arcachon in March, 1875]

 

[between 1875 and 1880]

 

1 drawing on blue paper : ink wash, lead white, and graphite.

 

Notes:

Possibly drawn by Albert Tissandier.

Title and date devised by Library staff, based on illustrations in Histoire de mes ascensions ... / par Gaston Tissandier. Paris : M. Dreyfous, 1878.

Tissandier collection.

Exhibited: "The Dream of Flight" : American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2003-04.

 

Subjects:

Balloons (Aircraft)--French--1870-1880.

Moonlight--1870-1880.

 

Format: Wash drawings--1870-1880.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.07435

 

Call Number: LOT 13399, no. 14

 

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