Portrait d’apr?s nature de quatre phisiciens celebres volants sans ballon

Description

French cartoon shows Abb? Miollan as a cat and Janinet with bag of money(?) over his shoulder beating a hasty retreat after the failure of their balloon ascension attempt on July 11, 1784 enraged the crowd of spectators at the Luxembourg gardens in Paris. Caption: “Dedi? a MM. l’Abb? Miolan et Janinet par leur ami le plus attach?, le plus sincere et le plus respectueux – Bernesots.”