Author: Jean-Pierre BLANCHARD
Title: Portrait.
Description: John Sewell, 1 July, 1785. Stipple and line engraving, 165 x 115 mm. Jean-Pierre Blanchard [1753 - 1809] was a pioneering aeronaut, perhaps the first professional balloonist, whose exploits in a hydrogen filled balloon captivated audiences throughout Europe and the Americas. He was the first to cross the English Channel by balloon, and conducted the first balloon flight in the United States.

Keywords: Ephemera


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