Author: E. DACHERY
Title: Montgolsier [sic], A First Rate of the French Aerial Navy.
Description: E. Dachery, 25th October, 1783. Etching, 385 x 260 mm. sheet size, the lettering a little faded. Satire on the possibilities of "aerial navigation," a term that quickly came into use after the Montgolfier brothers' experiments, and related to a balloon ascent from Versailles on 10 Sept. 1783 (with a wicker cage, containing a sheep, cock, and duck, attached). See BM Prints 1851,0901.152

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