Commedia dell'arte characters are raising a balloon by having it pulled by horses. Coloured etching, ca. 1785.
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A satire on unsuccessful, venial, or amateur balloonists. The four characters include Harlequin, the zany, and Pierrot. The doctor stands at one side and looks at the balloon through a telescope. Left, two windmills
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1 print : etching,with watercolour ; image 17.8 x 21 cm
Lettering
Moyen infaillible de diriger les ballons. Air de Pierrot.
Notes
Related to a similar print "Moyen infallible d'enlever les ballons. Air de Pierrot", publilshed in Paris (Wellcome Library no. 36321i)
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Wellcome Collection 36353i
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