Price: $100.00
SKU: 86402
MEDIUM: Engraving,
DATE: c.1815.
EDITION SIZE: Image size 6 3/16 x 4 1/4" (157 x 108 mm).
DESCRIPTION: Drawn and engraved by Edward Hawke Locker from a sketch made on their Aerial Voyage July 5, 1802. The ribbon above the figure's head reads, "Audax Aereos Gaudet Tentarevolatus." Andre-Jacques Garnerin (1769-1823) is the inventor of the frameless parachute and is regarded as the first parachutist in history, making his first decent in 1797 in Parc Monceau, Paris.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Good condition, drum mounted.
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