Airship designed by Jean-Pierre Blanchard
Dirigeable du Blanchard
- 1784 (Date attributed to balloon flight)
- 1909 (Date attributed to postcard)
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a flying airship with oars. The illustration depicts a type of airship with oar-like propulsion mechanisms designed and flown by French balloonist Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753-1809) in 1784. This postcard is part of a set originally collected in a scrapbook entitled Album Gravures et Cartes-Postales: Vieux Paris Types Petits Métiers et Cris De La Rue (1909).
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Molynk, A. “Airship Designed by Jean-Pierre Blanchard.” Watercolor (paint), 1784–1909. Box 287. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/6395w824r.
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