Lot n° 33
Estimation :
150 - 250
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 4 122EUR
Naive painting from the end of the 18th... - Lot 33 - Beaussant Lefèvre & Associés
Naive painting from the end of the 18th or beginning of the 19th century
The airship "the Count of Artois
Oil on panel, bears a signature at the bottom right: Jintro ?
On the back on a label partly torn, we can read: the airship the Count of Artois of Alban and Valet Javel in 1785 propulsion is provided by a propeller and vertical movement by two pairs of oars with valves No. 22.
(Small stains).
26,4 x 13,5 cm
The Count of Artois financed the Javel factory where the sulfuric acid necessary for the hydrogen balloons was made. In 1785, Alban and Valet opened a subscription to develop a "dirigible machine" (equipped with paddle wheels) which will be named the Count of Artois. The recent invention of the first hydrogen balloons will give rise to a fashion for "balloons" which will be used as a decorative model for all sorts of objects.
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