Death of a balloonist in a Montgolfiere-style balloon. The pilot falls from an exploding balloon above a large crowd, 18th century. The balloonist. Der Aerostat. Copperplate engraving by Johan Georg Mansfeld after an original by Johann Rudolf Schellenberg from Johan Kark Musaus’s Freund Heins Erscheinungen in Holbeins Manier, (Apparitions of Death in the manner of Holbein) Mannheim, 1803.

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