Tissandier Collection

The fancy fair, Princes Park, Liverpool, August, 1849. Print shows a festival and balloon ascension during the campaign to raise funds in support of the Northern and Southern Hospitals in Liverpool

Design drawing for a man-powered flying machine designed by Sir George Cayley. Date 1853

Vauxhall. Mr. Green, Wednesday, July 31st. Poster shows balloonist Charles Green on horseback suspended from an ascending balloon to advertise balloon ascensions in Vauxhall Gardens, London

Felix Nadar, half-length portrait, standing in the basket of a balloon, holding binoculars. Date 1897

La daguerreotypomanie. French cartoon about the rush to try photography after Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre revealed his process in 1839

Hot air balloon labeled Suffrage Universel
Esperons que ce ballon d essai ne deviendra pas un ballon captif. Cartoon shows a hot air balloon labeled Suffrage Universel with wings floating above the Pyrenees

Maison tournante aerienne. Drawing shows a dwelling structure elevated above rooftops and designed to revolve and adjust in various directions

Ascent in captive hot air balloon made by Francois Pilatre de Rozier (1754-85) in Paris, 11 October 1783
535279 Ascent in captive hot air balloon made by Francois Pilatre de Rozier (1754-85) in Paris, 11 October 1783, 1887 (engraving); (add.info.: From Gaston Tissandier 'Histoire des Ballons')

Electric airship at Exposition of Electricity, Paris, 1881
Electric airship on display at the International Exposition of Electricity, Palais de l Industrie, Champs Elysees, Paris, France. Date: 1881

La nacelle du ballon dirigeable des freres Tissandier (engraving)
5228399 La nacelle du ballon dirigeable des freres Tissandier (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: La nacelle du ballon dirigeable des freres Tissandier)

Famous aviators, cover of L Illustration, 4 September 1909. Aviators present at the Grande semaine d aviation de la Champagne, the worlds first aviation meeting

The Man in the Moon, 1648 (1887). Artist: Gaston Tissandier
The Man in the Moon, 1648, (1887). Frontispiece of a novel of Gonzales, 1648, showing a man flying by means of a contraption pulled by birds

Satirical engraving on the fire of the balloon of Miolan and Janinet 1784 (1887). Artist: Gaston Tissandier
Satirical engraving on the fire of the balloon of Miolan and Janinet 1784 (1887). French abbots Miolan and Janinet were ridiculed for their failed balloon ascent from the Jardin de Luxembourg

The Parachute of Fauste Veranzio, 1617, (1887). Artist: Gaston Tissandier
The Parachute of Fauste Veranzio, 1617, (1887). The inventor Fauste Veranzio (Faust Vrancic) deveolped a parachute after studying Leonardo da Vincis sketches of one

Caricature on the direction of the Aerostat, 1887. Artist: Gaston Tissandier
Caricature on the direction of the Aerostat, 1887. Published in History of Balloons by Gaston Tissandier, Paris, 1887

Reception of the Robert Brothers by the Prince of Ghistelles in 1784, (1887). Artist: Gaston Tissandier
Reception of the Robert Brothers by the Prince of Ghistelles in 1784, (1887). French balloonists Noel and Jean Robert, recieved by Philippe-Alexandre-Emmanuel-Francois-Joseph de Ghistelles at his

Aerostat, 1887. Artist: Gaston Tissandier
Aerostat, 1887. A man on horseback on a platform being carried by a balloon. Published in History of Balloons by Gaston Tissandier, Paris, 1887

The Small Physicist and The Vain Physicist, 1887. Artist: Gaston Tissandier
The Small Physicist and The Vain Physicist, 1887. Published in History of Balloons by Gaston Tissandier, Paris, 1887

First manned flight in a hydrogen balloon, France, 1 December 1783 (1887). French aeronauts Jacques Charles (1746-1823) and Noel Robert made the first manned (free flight)

Woman (Physics personified) whipping the bare bottom of one
La physique confond l ignorance Dedie aux souscripteurs. French cartoon shows a woman (Physics personified) whipping the bare bottom of one man (possibly Janinet) while another (possibly Abbe Miollan)

Departure of Jacques Charles and Marie-Noel Roberts aerostatic globe balloon from the Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, on Dec. 1, 1783

Luigi Piana, aereonauta Bolognese. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Italian balloonist Luigi Piana. Includes a map of his various balloon ascents from Rome

Liste de ballons sortis de Paris pendant le siege 1870-1871. Broadside shows balloon events during the Siege of Paris, 1870-71

Andre Jacques Garnerin, first man to descend in a parachute, standing in the gondola of his parachute waving a French flag after release from his balloon (shown at left)

JX Bureaux-Pusy. Half-length portrait of Jean Xavier Bureaux de Pusy. Date between 1790 and 1850

Contra-dance instruction manual with dance notation, a description of the dance figures, and music for bass and violin. Title page includes a picture of a man running or dancing near a flying

Hot air balloon Zenith with aviators Paris France 1875
Steel engraving aviators aeronauts Gaston Tissandier, Joseph Croce-Spinelli and Theodore Sivel in the balloon Zenith at April 16th 1875

Gaston Tissandier
GASTON TISSANDIER (1843-1899), French journalist, scientific populariser, aviator and inventor, brother of Albert

Albert Tissandier
ALBERT TISSANDIER (1839-1906), French journalist, illustrator, aviator and inventor, brother of Gaston. Date: 1906

HOT AIR BALLOON, 1875. The balloon Zenith, the first manned aircraft to exceed an altitude of 8, 000 meters, in transit between Paris and Arcachon in March of 1875

View of journalist Joseph Croca -Spinelli, naval officer Henri Sivel, and Gaston
View of journalist Joseph Croca© -Spinelli, naval officer Henri Sivel, and Gaston Tissandier in the basket of the balloon, Za© nith

Albert Tissandier (left), Gaston Tissandier (right), and an unidentified man in the basket of their airship demonstrating an electric navigational system featuring a propeller by P. Ferat, E.A

View of journalist Joseph Croce-Spinelli, naval officer Henri Sivel, and Gaston Tissandier in the basket of the balloon, Zenith

Gaston Tissandier, French balloonist, head-and-shoulders portrait, H. Thiriat, between 1880 and 1900

Gaston Tissandier by Ch. Dietrich, sculps. Paris between 1880 and 1900

The Fatal Balloon Accident in France, Car of the zenith with the Three
THE FATAL BALLOON ACCIDENT IN FRANCE, CAR OF THE " ZENITH" WITH THE THREE AERONAUTS, 1875: M. Croce-Spinelli (Killed) M. Gaston Tissandier (the Survivor) M. Sivel (Killed)

Electric Airship
A model of an airship, built by the Tissandier brothers in 1843, on display at the Science Museum, London, 23rd June 1950

Fatal accident on the hot air balloon Zenith, 15 April 1875. In trying to break the altitude record in a balloon
ZENITH ACCIDENT, 1875. Fatal accident on the hot air balloon Zenith, 15 April 1875. In trying to break the altitude record in a balloon, two of the three balloonists suffocated from the thin air

Albert and Gaston Tissandier flying the first airship to be powered by electricity, 1883
ELECTRIC FLYING MACHINE. Albert and Gaston Tissandier flying the first airship to be powered by electricity, 1883

Gaston Tissandiers experiment using an electric motor to propel an air balloon
ELECTRIC FLYING MACHINE. Gaston Tissandiers experiment using an electric motor to propel an air balloon, exhibited at the Paris Conservatoire de Art et Metiers, 1881

Miolan and Janinet sold tickets for balloon flight Paris, 11 July 1784. At five in the afternoon, balloon still on the ground, crowd lost patience and set it alight

Robert Brothers and Collin-Hullin 186km flight, 19 September 1784 in elongated hydrogen balloon with oars, an attempt at a steerable craft

L homme dans la Lune (The Man on the Moon) from the frontispiece of novel by Gonzales. Man uses two ropes to guide his aircraft powered by flying birds

French cartoon on the inability of early balloonists to control the direction of their flights. Here the balloon is being pulled by donkeys

Ballooning mania: Caricature of fashionable dress for men and women influenced by the shape of early balloons. From Histoire des Ballons by Gaston Tissandier, Paris, 1887. French Aviation Aeronautics

Fauste Veranziio making a successful jump from a tower in Venice using the parachute he had built and which he named Homo Volans, 1617. From Histoire des Ballons by Gaston Tissandier, Paris, 1887

Ballooning fantasy: Idea for balloon carrying a mounted horseman. From Histoire des Ballons by Gaston Tissandier, Paris, 1887. Aviation Aeronautics

Ascent made by J. A. Charles (1745-1822) in a hydrogen balloon in the plain of Nesle
Ascent made by J.A. Charles (1745-1822) in a hydrogen balloon in the plain of Nesle, l December 1783. From Gaston Tissandier Histoire des Ballons, Paris, 1887

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"Tissandier: A Journey through the Skies and Time" Step right up to the fancy fair in Princes Park, Liverpool, August 1849. Amidst the excitement, a design drawing captures our attention - a man-powered flying machine by Tissandier. Imaginations soar as we envision its potential at Vauxhall on Wednesday, July 31st, under the watchful eye of Mr. Green. Speaking of visionaries, Felix Nadar stands tall in his half-length portrait while standing in the basket of an awe-inspiring creation. His work on "La daguerreotypomanie" revolutionized photography but also fueled his fascination with flight. Intriguingly labeled "Suffrage Universel, " a hot air balloon takes flight across the skies. Meanwhile, Maison tournante aerienne spins gracefully above us like an ethereal dream come true. Fast forward to Paris in 1881 at the Exposition of Electricity where an electric airship captivates spectators' imaginations. The future is now within reach. The Tissandier brothers' dirigible balloon enchants us further with its intricate nacelle captured beautifully in an engraving that transports us back to their pioneering era. As aviation evolves rapidly, famous aviators grace L Illustration's cover on September 4th, 1909. Their daring exploits inspire generations to take flight and push boundaries beyond what was once thought possible. But let's not forget Gaston Tissandier's artistic talents too. In his whimsical artwork titled "The Man in the Moon" from 1648 (1887), he invites us into a world where dreams merge seamlessly with reality. Lastly, we encounter a satirical engraving depicting Miolan and Janinet's ill-fated balloon fire from 1784 (1887). Through Gaston Tissandier's skilled hand emerges both humor and caution, reminding us of the risks involved in our quest for flight.