Keywords: Aux amateurs de physique, ca. 1783.tif French cartoon shows people crowded outside the Tuileries Garden wall in Paris to view the first balloon ascension of Jacques Charles and Marie-Noël Robert in 1783 Several people are climbing over the wall including two women whose dresses are pulled up exposing their naked bottoms to spectators who stare at them instead of the balloon aloft in the background circa 1783 1 print etching object history exhibition history credit line accession number LOC-image ppmsca 02335 PD-Old First manned hydrogen balloon flight by Jacques Charles Balloon aircraft in art Jardin des Tuileries in art Etchings of Paris Images of Paris from the Library of Congress Spectators with balloon aircraft |