2652874 Globe Aerostatique, Dedie ? Monsieur Charles, pub. 1783 (hand coloured engraving) by French School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: shows Jacques Charles (1746 -1823) taking off from Nesle, France after the landing of the first manned hydrogen balloon flight from Paris on December 1, 1783; his co-pilot, Nicolas-Louis Robert (1760 - 1820) remained to take statements from witnesses;); The Stapleton Collection; French, out of copyright.