Charles and Robert's aerostatic experiment in le jardin des Tuileries over the fountain opposite the Château on 1st December 1783, view taken from the Château railings Coloured etching with frame (28 x 21 cm) Muller-Quênot Collection On Monday 1st December, Charles and Robert's balloon rose majestically in the jardins des "Thuilleries" at forty minutes past one. The same day at a quarter to to four, the machine landed between the villages of Nesle and Hédouville in the Prairie de Nesle, 9 leagues north west of Paris, near the town of Beaumont sur l'Oise.

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