Flight of a Montgolfier balloon Finish:Rolled Fortress in Green Park

Fortress in Green Park

Sandie Shaw and Ken Dodd appear on the ABC Television Show 'Doddy's Music Box

'The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp'

This relates to French troops entering Rome under the authority of General Dumont

The plate is inscribed upper right: 'Pl

Flight of a Montgolfier balloon Finish:Rolled Fortress in Green ParkView of a Montgolfier balloon being launched on a first flight at Versailles, France carrying a sheep, a rooster, and a duck. The balloon test lasted approximately eight minutes and was conducted before an audience that included Louis XVI, whose support for such experiments was being solicited. Frontispiece plate from the book Description des expriences de la machine arostatiques de MM. de Montgolfier, by Faujas de Saint Fond (Paris, 1783). Original: