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Jacques Alexandre César Charles, French scientist, mathematician, and balloonist. This image is from the Library of Congress online collection, and is in the public domain. It has been cropped for concision. See catalog information below.

TITLE: Charles, (Jacques Alexandre César.) né Beaugency-sur-Loire, le 11 novembre 1746, élu en 1793 / Jul. Bailly, 1820.

CALL NUMBER: LOT 13400, no. 22 [P&P]

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REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-ppmsca-02185 (digital file from original print) LC-USZ62-70373 (b&w film copy neg.) No known restrictions on publication.

SUMMARY: Head-and-shoulders portrait of French balloonist Jacques Alexandre César Charles, who made the first flight in a hydrogen balloon, Dec. 1, 1783.

MEDIUM: 1 print : lithograph.

CREATED/PUBLISHED: [S.l. : s.n., 1820]

NOTES:

"Institut royal de France, Académie des sciences (physique génle.)"--printed above title.

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Tissandier collection.

SUBJECTS:

Charles, Jacques Alexandre César, 1746-1823. Balloonists--French--1820.

FORMAT:

Portrait prints 1820. Lithographs 1820.

REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original print) ppmsca 02185 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.02185 (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3b17771 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b17771

CARD #: 2002716398

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