Marie Noël

Drawing shows descent of the first manned hydrogen gas balloon flight, which departed from Paris, France on Dec. 1, 1783. Among the spectators in left foreground are the Duke de Chartres and the Duke de Fitz-James.

Drawing shows descent of the first manned hydrogen gas balloon flight, which departed from Paris, France on Dec. 1, 1783. Among the spectators in left foreground are the Duke de Chartres and the Duke de Fitz-James.

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, in More