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Gift of Russell A. Plimpton in memory of Lt. (jg) William Gardner White, U.S.N.R.expand_more 45.22
On December 1, 1783, a crowd estimated at 400,000 people gathered to watch Jacques Charles and Aine Robert ascend in their hydrogen balloon. This painting records their historic flight from the Tuileries Gardens in Paris to the village of Nesle twenty-seven miles away - the longest hot-air balloon flight attempted up to that time.
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