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Hot-air balloon, Le Flezel, by Joseph-Michael Montgolfier l'Aîné outside Lyon
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
On 19 January 1784, Joseph Montgolfier, on the bank of the Rhône, stepped into a balloon, together with the physicist Pilâtre de Rozier. The hot air balloon floats above a specially prepared ground with spectators, outside the city of Lyon. In the evening Montgolfier will be honored in the Opera of Lyon.
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Credit lineLuchtballon, Le Flezel, van Joseph-Michael Montgolfier l'Aîné buiten Lyon. in or after 1784. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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