Death of Madame Sophie Blanchard after fireworks ignited her balloon, Paris, 1819. Blanchard (1778-1819), French aeronaut and wife of Jean-Pierre Blanchard. Woodblock engraving by H. Rousseau after SKKI from Louis Figuier's "Les Merveilles de la Science: Aerostats" (Marvels of Science: Air Balloons), Furne, Jouvet et Cie, Paris, 1868.

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