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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


