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![[French balloonist Jacques Alexandre César Charles receiving a wreath from Apollo, while cherubs and an angel surround his balloon] / E.A. Tilly, sc. ; Nageon[?], inv. & del. 1788.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjcvZnJlbmNoLWJhbGxvb25pc3QtamFjcXVlcy1hbGV4YW5kcmUtY2VzYXItY2hhcmxlcy1yZWNlaXZpbmctYS13cmVhdGgtZnJvbS1hcG9sbG8tNTc2M2NlLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/320/440/jpg "[French balloonist Jacques Alexandre César Charles receiving a wreath from Apollo, while cherubs and an angel surround his balloon] / E.A. Tilly, sc. ; Nageon[?], inv. & del. 1788.")
![[French balloonist Jacques Alexandre César Charles receiving a wreath from Apollo, while cherubs and an angel surround his balloon] / E.A. Tilly, sc. ; Nageon[?], inv. & del. 1788.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjcvZnJlbmNoLWJhbGxvb25pc3QtamFjcXVlcy1hbGV4YW5kcmUtY2VzYXItY2hhcmxlcy1yZWNlaXZpbmctYS13cmVhdGgtZnJvbS1hcG9sbG8tOGMzY2U2LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[French balloonist Jacques Alexandre César Charles receiving a wreath from Apollo, while cherubs and an angel surround his balloon] / E.A. Tilly, sc. ; Nageon[?], inv. & del. 1788.")
![[The 'Aerostatic globe' balloon, belonging to Jacques Charles and Marie-Noel Robert, descending on the plain of Nesle, near Beaumont, France]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3ODMvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWFlcm9zdGF0aWMtZ2xvYmUtYmFsbG9vbi1iZWxvbmdpbmctdG8tamFjcXVlcy1jaGFybGVzLWFuZC1tYXJpZS1ub2VsLXJvYmVydC0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/58/webp "[The 'Aerostatic globe' balloon, belonging to Jacques Charles and Marie-Noel Robert, descending on the plain of Nesle, near Beaumont, France]")
![[Tomb of French balloonist Jacques Alexandre Charles in Père la Chaise cemetery in Paris] / Alb. Tissandier, mai 1899, a Père la Chaise.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTEvdG9tYi1vZi1mcmVuY2gtYmFsbG9vbmlzdC1qYWNxdWVzLWFsZXhhbmRyZS1jaGFybGVzLWluLXBlcmUtbGEtY2hhaXNlLWNlbWV0ZXJ5LWIxNGU4OC02NDAuanBn/40/24/webp "[Tomb of French balloonist Jacques Alexandre Charles in Père la Chaise cemetery in Paris] / Alb. Tissandier, mai 1899, a Père la Chaise.")
![[The 'Aerostatic globe' balloon, belonging to Jacques Charles and Marie-Noel Robert, descending on the plain of Nesle, near Beaumont, France]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3ODMvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWFlcm9zdGF0aWMtZ2xvYmUtYmFsbG9vbi1iZWxvbmdpbmctdG8tamFjcXVlcy1jaGFybGVzLWFuZC1tYXJpZS1ub2VsLXJvYmVydC02NDAuanBn/40/54/webp "[The 'Aerostatic globe' balloon, belonging to Jacques Charles and Marie-Noel Robert, descending on the plain of Nesle, near Beaumont, France]")
![[Departure of Jacques Charles and Marie-Noel Robert's 'aerostatic globe' balloon from the Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, on Dec. 1, 1783]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDgvZGVwYXJ0dXJlLW9mLWphY3F1ZXMtY2hhcmxlcy1hbmQtbWFyaWUtbm9lbC1yb2JlcnRzLWFlcm9zdGF0aWMtZ2xvYmUtYmFsbG9vbi01ODY3Y2UtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "[Departure of Jacques Charles and Marie-Noel Robert's 'aerostatic globe' balloon from the Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, on Dec. 1, 1783]")
![[Departure of Jacques Charles and Marie-Noel Robert's 'aerostatic globe' balloon from the Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, on Dec. 1, 1783]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDgvZGVwYXJ0dXJlLW9mLWphY3F1ZXMtY2hhcmxlcy1hbmQtbWFyaWUtbm9lbC1yb2JlcnRzLWFlcm9zdGF0aWMtZ2xvYmUtYmFsbG9vbi0zODQ4ZjUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/54/webp "[Departure of Jacques Charles and Marie-Noel Robert's 'aerostatic globe' balloon from the Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, on Dec. 1, 1783]")
