Tissandier Collection (page 8)

Apotheosis of Montgolfier. Allegorical print shows the elevation of the Montgolfier brothers, French balloonists, to divine status

Embossed card shows balloon labelled rien d impossible ascending with passenger. Date between 1860 and 1900

Franciscus-Josephus I. Pax, labor, progressus. Print for the Vienna worlds fair shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, in uniform

Le pilote. Print shows two men standing in basket of balloon, Le Pilote. Date between 1840 and 1880

Les freres Montgolfier Les freres Montgolfier
Les freres Montgolfier. Bust-length double profile portrait of the Montgolfier brothers, French ballonists. After the gold medal designed by Houdon. Date between 1790 and 1850

Plateforme aerienne, cerf-volant libre dirigeable, systeme Vaussin-Chardanne. Feuille no. 2. Design drawing shows a system for powering an airship with manually operated propellers

Aventures de Bavolet. French adventure comic shows Bavolet, a sailor, traveling by balloon to an unknown country (Inconnu) where the animals behave like humans

Kermesse au jardin des plantes (8 septembre). Print shows a woman in the basket of an inflated balloon on the ground at right ready for ascent

La plaisanterie confondue ou les intrepides voyageurs. Print shows the balloon of Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles and Marie-Noel Robert ascending from the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France, December 1

Portrait d apres nature de quatre phisiciens celebres volants sans ballon. French cartoon shows Abbe Miollan as a cat and Janinet with bag of money()

Champ de Mars, dimanche 17 juin, a 5 heures preciss. Ascension aerostatique du ballon le Pole Nord au benefice de l expedition de M. Gustave Lambert

View of the Paris Exposition of 1867 showing waterfront, main exhibit building, and balloon flying in the distance. Date 1867?

I volatori. Les messieurs qui volent. Italian political cartoon shows a large balloon (Politica) in the shape of a man ready to gobble up the moon (Oriente) defended by a man (Turco) holding a fork

Captive balloon with clock face and bell, floating above the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France. Date between 1880 and 1900

Vue brillante de l aniversaire du 14 juillet 1801. Print shows a crowd viewing fireworks at a Bastille Day celebration in Paris, France. A balloon appears in the upper right corner. Date ca. 1801

Depart de MM. Charles & Robert, du Jardin des Tuilleries dans leur machine aerostatique, le 1er decembre 1783. Print shows the balloon of Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles

Joseph Montgolfier de l Academie des sciences, belles lettres, et artes de Lyon, inveniteur de la machine aerostatique ou ballon

L Union. Print shows the balloon L Union flying with four men on board. Date 18 -

Spectators in an arena viewing the ascension of a balloon driven by propellers with an inflation device in the foreground. Date 18 -

A grand balloon ascent, Battys, Thursday, July 1st, 1852
A grand balloon ascent, Batty s, Thursday, July 1st, 1852. Poster shows three men and a woman holding flags while sitting in the basket of an ascending balloon labeled Royal Hippodrome to advertise a

Les gardes nationaux d Heurteauville gardant le Jean Bart au clair de lune, 8 novembre 1870. Drawing shows the tethered balloon Jean Bart being guarded at night under moonlight by five Heurteauville

Aeronautics. Technical illustration shows early balloon designs: Lanas aeronautic machine, Montgolfiers balloon, Blanchards balloon, Garnerin ascending and descending in his parachute

Le premier parachute de Jacques Garnerin, essaye par lui-meme au parc de Mousseaux, le 22 octobre 1797. Three technical illustrations show Calotte du parachute (crown of deployed parachute)

Giuseppe Michele Montgolfier. Date between 1790 and 1850

Navigation aerienne. Ballon & appareil de direction construit par M. Pompeien-Piraud, inventeur. Print shows the airship Avenir floating above a coastline, ships at sea

NJ Conte. Obrist der Infanterie, Mitglied des Aegyptischen Instituts, geb. zu St. Cnery im Orne Departement den 4ten Aug. 1755, gest. den 6ten Decbr. 1805 zu Paris

Descente du ballon le Neptune dans les falaises du Cap Gris-Nez Voyage en ballon, Calais, 15 aout 1868. Drawing shows Jules Duruof, Gaston Tissandier

Locomotion atmospherique, systeme d Helle, ingenieur-mecanicien. Broadside announcing a navigable balloon design invented by M. d Helle. Includes a picture of d Helles propeller-powered balloon

Rotundo i. e. Rotunda Gardens. Mr. Hamptons grand 77th ascen
Rotundo i.e. Rotunda Gardens. Mr. Hamptons grand 77th ascent with his new royal Irish national balloon, Erin-Go-Bragh the first ascent this season, will take place on Easter Monday, 24th April, 1848

Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. Grand day and evening fete, next Tuesday, August 7, 1838. Ascent of the Nassau Balloon, combined with the evening entertainments

Grande ascensio, e descida em Guarda-Queda por Eugenio Robertson, hoje domingo 12 de dezembro... Portuguese broadside announcing an ascension by balloonist Eugene Robertson

Le moment d hilarite universelle ou le triomphe de MMrs. Charles et Robert au Jardin des Thuileries le 1er Xbre 1783. Print shows the balloon of Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles

Folies-Bergere travail merveilleux sur le fil de fer par Fontaine. French poster shows aerialist Fontaine, labeled one of le heros du Niagara in three views: a small bust portait

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

Man posting an advertisement for La publicite en France par Emile Mermet on a city wall between a poster of two people captioned les femmes and a poster of a Montgolfier hot-air balloon

Figure exacte et proportions, du globe aerostatique, qui, le premier, a enleve des hommes dans les airs. Print shows elaborately decorated balloon used by Jean Francois Pilatre de Rozier

Voiles mobile. System Ate. Lanteigne menuisier. Design drawings for a system of airship navigation proposed by Aug. Lanteigne, utilizing a series of 16 balloons on a single keel

Les quatre elements. Louis etait un enfant leger qui n apportait aucume application e l etude;... French comic strip shows a young boy, Louis

Coronation procession of his majesty George the Fourth, 19th July, 1821. Print shows a street procession with King George IV at his coronation festivities on July 19, 1821, in St. James Park, London

Une alerte, place du Carrousel. French cartoon shows Prince Don Carlos in a heavily armed balloon that has blown off course appears about to crash into a captive balloon (possibly Henri Giffard s)

Societe d experiences aerostatiques Direction 24 rue Maubeuge, Paris. Advertisement showing a balloon with several persons standing in the basket, one climbing the ropes just above the basket

Defile de la Cm. d aerostiers 187... Drawing shows a parade with one of the balloons used in the Siege of Paris (1870-71) and a group from the Compagnie des aerostiers militaires

Plateforme aerienne cerf-volant libre dirigeable, systeme Vaussin-Chardanne. Feiulle no. 1. Scaled design drawing shows a system for navigating an airship using propellers

Royal Gardens, Vauxhall... grand illumination gala of 45, 400 lamps!! and day and night fete. Mr. Green will ascend, for the 283rd time, in his balloon

Les ballons du Siege de Paris, septembre 1870 - fevrier 1871. Broadside about balloon events during the Siege of Paris, 1870-1871

M. Garnerin. Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French balloonist and parachutist, AJ Garnerin, with banner above Audax aereos gaudet tentare volatus.. Date 1802

Pencil sketch for sixteen vignettes from the lives of French balloonists Albert and Gaston Tissandier. Drawing shows preparation for a balloon ascension, view from the balloon

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"Tissandier: A Journey through the Skies and Time" Step right up to the fancy fair in Princes Park, Liverpool, August 1849. Amidst the excitement, a design drawing captures our attention - a man-powered flying machine by Tissandier. Imaginations soar as we envision its potential at Vauxhall on Wednesday, July 31st, under the watchful eye of Mr. Green. Speaking of visionaries, Felix Nadar stands tall in his half-length portrait while standing in the basket of an awe-inspiring creation. His work on "La daguerreotypomanie" revolutionized photography but also fueled his fascination with flight. Intriguingly labeled "Suffrage Universel, " a hot air balloon takes flight across the skies. Meanwhile, Maison tournante aerienne spins gracefully above us like an ethereal dream come true. Fast forward to Paris in 1881 at the Exposition of Electricity where an electric airship captivates spectators' imaginations. The future is now within reach. The Tissandier brothers' dirigible balloon enchants us further with its intricate nacelle captured beautifully in an engraving that transports us back to their pioneering era. As aviation evolves rapidly, famous aviators grace L Illustration's cover on September 4th, 1909. Their daring exploits inspire generations to take flight and push boundaries beyond what was once thought possible. But let's not forget Gaston Tissandier's artistic talents too. In his whimsical artwork titled "The Man in the Moon" from 1648 (1887), he invites us into a world where dreams merge seamlessly with reality. Lastly, we encounter a satirical engraving depicting Miolan and Janinet's ill-fated balloon fire from 1784 (1887). Through Gaston Tissandier's skilled hand emerges both humor and caution, reminding us of the risks involved in our quest for flight.