{"id":25306,"date":"2022-06-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/dev-en\/antiek\/uncategorized\/ballooing\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T21:31:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T19:31:53","slug":"ballooning","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/antiques\/miscellaneous\/miscellaneous-before-1880\/ballooning\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballooning &#8211; 19th-\/20th-century (c. 1785)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SATIRICAL BALLOONING PRINT <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong><em>Moyen infaillible de diriger les ballons<\/em><\/strong>\u201d [Foolproof way to direct balloons], etching, first printed around 1785, here in a (19<sup>th<\/sup>\/20<sup>th<\/sup> century?) restrike on Arches paper. Coloured by a later hand. Size (platemark): 29,5 x 23,5 cm.<\/p>\n<p>A boy riding donkeys is pulling a man harnessed to a balloon. The verses under the scene mock the invention of the flying machine:<\/p>\n<p>The art of flying, certainly,<br \/>\nIs not an art, that is futile as it seems,<br \/>\nBut now we need to<span data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"fr\" data-phrase-index=\"7\" data-number-of-phrases=\"31\"> make it easy<\/span><span data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"fr\" data-phrase-index=\"9\" data-number-of-phrases=\"31\">,<br \/>\n<\/span>Harness me two steeds ahead,<br \/>\nThere you go gentlemen, there you have it,<br \/>\nAs one becomes master of the wind.<br \/>\nLike the gods at the opera<span data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"fr\" data-phrase-index=\"17\" data-number-of-phrases=\"31\">, cutting through the air, flying by mechanics\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In a second illustration cherubs and butterflies are flying around a balloon decorated to look like Earth. &#8220;<em>Se vend A Paris rue des Quatre-vents.<\/em>&#8221; [This print is sold in Paris in the street of the four winds.]\n<p>Price: Euro 175,-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SATIRICAL BALLOONING PRINT \u201cMoyen infaillible de diriger les ballons\u201d [Foolproof way to direct balloons], etching, first printed around 1785, here in a (19th\/20th century?) restrike on Arches paper. Coloured by a later hand. Size (platemark): 29,5 x 23,5 cm. A boy riding donkeys is pulling a man harnessed to a balloon. 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