Comic actor Brunet (Jean-Joseph Mira) playing the aeronaut Deghen in Vol-au-vent, le Patissier d'Asnieres at the Théâtre des Variétés. Jacques Deghen and his winged balloon flying in the background. After an anonymous engraving. Illustration from Paul Lacroix's Directoire, Consulat et Empire, (Directory, Consulate and Empire), Paris, 1884.

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