MAKE A MEME View Large Image Le grand ballon captif de la cour des Tuileries.jpg Hot air balloon in the Tuileries Gardens at the 1878 World Fair The Tuileries which are visible on the picture around the Carousel had been burnt in 1871 during the Paris Commune But even ...
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Keywords: Le grand ballon captif de la cour des Tuileries.jpg Hot air balloon in the Tuileries Gardens at the 1878 World Fair The Tuileries which are visible on the picture around the Carousel had been burnt in 1871 during the Paris Commune But even though the Palace had been entirely consumed its stones remained Several parts of the Louvre also burnt during the Commune and were restored in the 1870's by the state But the Third Republic decided not to restore the Tuileries which were a symbol of France's monarchy They were eventually destroyed in 1882 At the time when this print was created the Tuileries still existed even though they were burnt and in ruins On the right of the hot air balloon in the background of the image stands the Trocadéro Palace with its two towers on each side and facing it the Palais du Champ-de-Mars 1879 engraving 31 2 x 22 7 cm Institution Brown University Library object history exhibition history credit line Published in Simon de Vandière L'Exposition universelle de 1878 illustrée Paris Calmann Lévy 1879 accession number 1254183887493831 PD-old Category Moored balloons Images of Paris from the Brown University Library L'Exposition universelle de 1878 illustrée Engravings of Paris Grand balloon ascents by Henri Giffard Bird's-eye views of Paris
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