Tissandier Collection (page 6)

Stephan und Joseph, Gebruder Mongolfier sic, geb. zu Annonay im Vivarais. Bust-length double profile portrait of the Montgolfier brothers, French ballonists; after the gold medal designed by Houdon

Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier, French balloonist, head-and-shoulders portrait, blowing hydrogen gas into a flame. Date between 1790 and 1850

Aerostat systeme Vaussin Chardanne (brevete). Moyens simples et peu couteuse pour faire descendre et remonter e volante un ballon dans lair sans perte de gaz et de lest, sans crainte l accidents

The balloon Zenith at sunrise or sunset, with five passengers during a long distance flight from Paris to Arcachon in March, 1875. Date between 1875 and 1880

Projet deenceinte economique pour gonflement deaerostat disp
Projet denceinte economique pour gonflement daerostat disposee dans un parc ou jardin public. Scaled design drawing of a circular enclosed area for inflating balloons featuring underground pipe

Parachute par Mr. AJ Garnerin. Technical illustration shows a man, possibly Andre Jacques Garnerin, standing in the basket of a descending parachute. Date between 1795 and 1802

Balloon Columba flying with two passengers Balloon Columba f
Balloon Columba flying with two passengers. Date between 1860 and 1900

Le blocus de Paris complainte nationale et patriotique. Broadside shows a manned balloon labelled Au Governement de la defense nationale

Le diamant de bluze est une nouvelle decouverte qui vient de jeter une veritable panique dans le commerce des vrais diamants

Giuseppe Girolamo Lalande. Full-length portrait of French astronomer Joseph Jerome Lalande. Date between 1790 and 1850

Ascensione del cave. Emile Julhes, capitano areonauta i. e. a
Ascensione del cave. Emile Julhes, capitano areonauta i.e. aeronauta. Italian poster shows two men in a captive balloon labeled Italia; the uniformed man sits on the hoop

Details deune soupape pour un ballon de 5 a 8, 000 m. cubes
Details dune soupape pour un ballon de 5 a 8, 000 m. cubes. Scaled design drawing of balloon valve shows 9 captioned views of components and complete assembly. Includes identification key. Date 1868

Projet d appareil, pour evaluer approximativement la force des helices, roues ailes applicables e la direction des a erostat

Fete de pantin F?te de pantin
Fete de pantin. Print shows a balloon with mechanism attached to the bottom of the basket, possibly an elaborate fireworks display. Date between 1820 and 1860

Woman stands in the basket of a balloon holding flags. Date between 1783 and 1799

Fete donner e la grande duchesse Helene de russie par WR Chateaubriant, ambassadeur e Rome en 1830. Drawing shows a crowd gathered around a balloon on the ground at the festivities prepared by

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

Concours sur le meilleur moyen d elever un ballon sans perte de gaz de lest. Design drawing shows proposal by Louis Panafieu in which the operator in an open car attached to the balloon achieves lift

Two views of an airship shaped like a long tube with a pointed nose, propellers on the side and a rudder, resembling an 1850 design proposed by Pierre Jullien, a French clock maker from Villejuif

Charles aux Thuillieries i. e. Tuileries le 1r decembre MDCC
Charles aux Thuillieries i.e. Tuileries le 1r decembre MDCCLXXXIII. Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French balloonist JAC. Charles, who made the first flight in a hydrogen balloon, Dec

Globo furbovolponico-politico-areostatico a prova di bomba e pistola. Italian caricature of Italian statesman Francesco Crispi shown as a balloon Ciccio hovering above a group of men

Melle. de Montgolfier (Collection de MA Goupil). Full-length portrait of Adelaide Montgolfier, seated on a wall with balloons in the background. Date between 1880 and 1900

Sixteen vignettes from the lives of French balloonists, Albert and Gaston Tissandier. Drawing shows preparation for a balloon ascension, view from the balloon, landing at Chauvigny and deflation

Il Capitano Vincenzo Lunardi, nato in Lucca li 3 gennajo 1759, che esequi il suo XIII viaggio, aereo in Napoli li 13 settembre 1789. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Italian balloonist Vincent Lunardi

French balloonist Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles receiving a wreath from Apollo, while cherubs and an angel surround his balloon. Date 1788

Monsr. Garnerin, the intrepid aeronaut. Oval head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French balloonist and parchutist AJ Garnerin. Date between 1790 and 1850

Baron du Pont Duchambon, eleve du roi e l Ecole royale militaire de Paris le jour ou il a voulus enlever dans le balon de Blanchard au Champs de Mars, 1784

Nadar. French caricature of photographer and balloonist Nadar hanging onto the rope netting around a balloon which appears to have lost its basket. Date 1867

Prodige de la chimie. French cartoon shows a long line of people, with more arriving by stagecoach and railroad, at a medicine show where a quack with a lions head, the Prodige de la chimie

Greens grosser Luftballon im Lande der Antipoden. Austrian print satirizes the intended trans-Atlantic balloon voyage of Charles Green by showing his arrival among the Maori in the Antipodes Islands

Seconds voyageurs aeriens, ou experience de MM. Charles et Robert faite a Paris dans le parterre du Jardin royal des Thuilleries le I. decembre 1783. Vue prise du Pont Royal

Founding of the French Republic, July 14, 1801
Celebrations for the anniversary of the founding of the French Republic, July 14, 1801 in two images, including a tent for dancing

Descente d Absalon par Miss Stena. Circus poster shows a group of aerialists performing. Two women are held aloft by a balloon attached to their hair

Fr. Chaussier, professeur e la faculte de medecine de Paris, ... membre de l Institut de France, &c, &c. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Francois Chaussier

Stationery illustrated with a stalk of wheat wrapped in a banner marked Quo non ascendamus 1879 and a balloon flying above clouds and birds. Date 1879

Auguri e felicitazioni. A humorous print from an Italian illustrated periodical shows frogs dressed in street clothes climbing out of a packing crate carrying New Years greetings on strips of paper

Model of a statue dedicated to French balloonists, Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier, featuring a double profile portrait from a gold medal designed by Houdon and an inflated balloon

Notre drapeau. French caricature of Leon Gambetta, French republican statesman, holding the French flag and a telescope, seated atop a captive balloon

Crowd of passengers wave from basket of ascending balloon. Date 18 -

Le grand ballon captif a vapeur de la cour des Tuileries (1879), M. Henry Giffard, ingenieur-constructeur. Broadside announcing the ascension of Henri Giffards captive balloon in the courtyard of

Il 18. brumale, anno VIII. Italian print published on the occasion of Napoleons coming to power in France, November 9, 1799, following his successful campaign in Egypt

Le ballon de Mr. Godard!. Humorous drawing shows a woman pointing up in surprise at a cow and person apparently falling from a balloon associated with Godards experiments with lighter-than-air

La patrie est en danger. French political cartoon uses a scene from Jonathan Swifts Gullivers Travels to compare the situation surrounding the 1830 July Revolution in France to the time when l

Balloon with two passengers ascending over a town square, with French flags flying from tower and many spectators below. Date between 1880 and 1900

Dix-neuvieme ascension de Mr. Margat, l aeronaute... Text-only broadside announcing a balloon ascension by Jean Margat in France. Text includes statement by the balloonist. Date between 1830 and 1850

Balloon with parachute and propellers, associated with Francesco Orlandi, flying over a town harbor and spectators, possibly during an ascent in Italy between 1820 and 1850. Date between 1850 and 1900

Rescue of Jules Duruof and his wife off the Skagerrak. Print shows Jules Duruof and his wife being rescued at sea from the sinking basket of their balloon Le Tricolore which lost altitude over

Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. Next Tuesday, 24th July, grand day and evening fete, will be given in honor of the foreign ambassadors

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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.