Ascension de M. Poitevin au Champ-de-Mars, le 14 Juillet 1850
Summary
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.
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Date
20/07/1850
Source
Brown University Library
Copyright info
public domain