Felix Tournachon, dit Nadar Lot n° 53

Autoportrait dans la nacelle du Géant Eugène, Jules, Louis Godard et un ami Jules et Louis Godard dans la Nacelle Paris Nadar Studio, ca 1863 (-1950) Later silver prints, 90x80 , 270x210, 270x210 mm, printed ca. 1950, Michel Braive’s annotation, ink, verso Le Géant left the Champ de Mars on October 4, 1863. It carried 13 passengers who had paid their fare. The second ascent took place on October 18, in the presence of Napoleon III, and ended in the Netherlands. Nadar made six spectacular ascents in this balloon, which he sold in June 1867.