Transatlantic Balloon

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View of a balloon hovering over a coastal city with passengers waving goodbye — Departure of a transatlantic balloon.

Artist

Name:: Robida, Albert
Dates:: 1848-1926
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Photogravure
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: The Getty Research Institute, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Le vingtième siècle
Author(s):: Robida, Albert
Publisher:: Paris: Georges Decaux, 1883
Open Library:: View record.

Description

View of a balloon hovering over a coastal city with passengers waving goodbye from the “deck” and windows of the gondola.
The caption reads in the original French: Départ d’un ballon transatlantique.

Keywords: 1880s, 19th century, crowd, flying, frontispiece, retrofuturism, transportation