FRENCH ECOLE FROM THE END OF THE 19th CENTURY. - Lot 120

FRENCH ECOLE FROM THE END OF THE 19th CENTURY. Portrait of André Jacques GARNERIN, aeronaut, with his invention, the parachute, visible behind him. Round miniature signed J.HERRIZ 1797. Diameter: 8 cm. Circled in brass, under glass. Blackened wooden frame with Bernard Franck collection label and pen identification. A.B.E. Bibliography: This miniature is reproduced in the header of the article devoted to Garnerin in "Les Carnets de la Sabretache", year 1913, p.124-125. Historical background: The first real parachute descent into the atmosphere was performed on Brumaire 1st, Year VI (October 22, 1797), by André Jacques Garnerin. He ascended in a balloon over the Parc Monceau in Paris, then placed himself in a gondola over which a parachute was stretched. At a height of around 1,000 m, he cut the rope linking the balloon to the basket.