Jean Pierre Blanchard.

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• PUBLISHER: Published by S. Hooper, London.

• MEDIUM: Engraving,

  DATE: 1785

• EDITION SIZE: Oval size 7 x 5 1/2" (178 x 140 mm).

• DESCRIPTION: R. Livesay pinxt; J. Newton, sculpsit. Jean-Pierre [Francois] Blanchard (1753 – 1809) was a French inventor and pioneer aeronaut. He distinguished himself in the conquest of the air in a balloon by making the first crossing of the English Channel, on 7 January 1785.

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• CONDITION: Good condition.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Portraits