Image:Aviation fatality - Pilatre de Rozier and Romain.jpg

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Deaths of balloonists Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and Pierre Romain. The accident took place on June 15, 1785, and is the first known aviation fatality. This image is from the Library of Congress online collection, and is in the public domain. See catalog information below.

TITLE: Mort de Pilatre de Rosier [i.e. Rozier] et de Romain. Tel quils onts etés trouvés après leurs chûte.

CALL NUMBER: LOT 13400, no. 42 [P&P]

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REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-ppmsca-02226 (digital file from original print) LC-USZ61-1699 (b&w film copy neg.) No known restrictions on publication.

SUMMARY: Print shows the death of balloonists Jean-François Pilatre de Rozier and Jules Romain when their Royal Balloon crashed near Boulogne, France, June 15, 1785, in what is considered the first aerial disaster.

MEDIUM: 1 print : stipple engraving.

CREATED/PUBLISHED: [S.l. : s.n., between 1785 and 1820]

NOTES:

Title from item.

Tissandier collection.

Exhibited: "The Dream of Flight" : American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2003-04.

SUBJECTS:

Pilâtre de Rozier, Jean-François, 1754-1785--Death & burial. Romain, Jules, d. 1785--Death & burial. Balloonists--French--1780-1820. Ballooning accidents--France--1780-1820.

FORMAT:

Stipple engravings 1780-1820.

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

DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original print) ppmsca 02226 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.02226 (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a03413 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a03413

CARD #: 2002724819

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• 1785
• Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier