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"In a wild and romantic situation on Bergen Creek, nearly opposite the City of New York, thirty acres of land were purchased for a garden and fruitery by the unfortunate Louis XYI, who as proprietor became a naturalized citizen by act of the Legislature."

This statement of Warden seems to have been based on a notice relating to this garden in the New Jersey Journal June 27, 1787, in which it is said,

"Part of this space is at present enclosing with a stone wall, and a universal collection of exotic, as well as domestic plants, trees and flowers, are already begun to be introduced to this elegant spot, which in time must rival, if not excel the most celebrated gardens of Europe. The situation is naturally wild and romantic, between two considerable rivers, in view of the main ocean, the city of New York, the heights of Staten Island and a vast extent of distant mountains on the western side of the landscape."

As

"tall oaks from little acorns grow,"

so these exaggerated statements had their origin in the following simple fact. On March 3, 1786, Andre Michaux, in his petition to the Legislature of this State, set forth that the King of France had commissioned him as his botanist to travel through the United States, that he had power to import from France any tree, plant or vegetable that might be wanting in this country, that he wished to establish near Bergen a botanical garden of about thirty acres, to experiment in agriculture and gardening, and which he intended to stock with French and American plants, as also with plants from all over the world. The Legislature granted his petition, and permitted him as an alien to hold not exceeding two hundred acres of land in this State.^[1]

36 engraved plates (numbered 1–36). 32 are from drawings by Pierre Joseph Redouté (wikidata Q551638) (Austrian Netherlands → present-day Belgium; 1759–1840) and 4 are from drawings by his younger brother, Henry Joseph Redouté (fr) (Austrian Netherlands → present-day Belgium; 1766–1852). Auguste Plée (1787–1825) engraved 33 of the plates and Louis Sellier (or Sailliar) (1757–c.1835)) engraved 3. Auguste was the father of engravers Victoire Plée and François P. Plée (1800–1864). Louis was the son of engraver François Noël Sellier (1737–1782). (LCCN; no98129859)

• P.J. Redouté Ret. – Pierre-Joseph Redouté (wikidata Q551638) (Austrian Netherlands → present-day Belgium; 1759–1840), older brother of Henri-Jospeh Redouté
• Henri-Joseph Redouté (fr) (wikidata Q3130410) (Austrian Netherlands → present-day Belgium; 1766–1852), younger brother of Pierre-Joseph Redouté

The Olympic flame for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics was suspended from a 30-meter-tall (98 feet) helium-filled balloon during the opening ceremonies on July 26. It soared 1,000 metres (3,300 feet) in the Parisian sky as beacon of enduring peace and unity, embodying the spirit of the Olympics. The balloon itself added several dimensions to this symbolism. It not only extended the flame’s reach but also commemorated the "Montgolfière," the first-ever manned hot air balloon flight on November 21, 1783—an innovation that took place in the same region by the Montgolfier brothers, Joseph-Michel Montgolfier (1740–1810) and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier (1745–1799). Their achievement marked a transformative milestone in aeronautical science, with pioneering pilots Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1754–1785) and the François Laurent d'Arlandes (1742–1809) making this historic flight possible.

For the remainder of the Games, the Olympic balloon floated aloft 60 metres (200 feet) over the Tuileries Garden. The designer, Mathieu Lehanneur (fr) (born 1974), drew inspiration from a composite of historic illustrations. He wanted to create "something spectacular" that paid homage to the Scientific Revolution and the French Enlightenment of the 17th and 18th centuries. The flame, the first in Olympic history not from fossil fuels, was an eco-friendly illumination emitting from 40 LED lights magnified by a cloud of aerosol produced by 200 high-pressure misting water jets.^[2] The cauldron was a 7-metre (23-foot) diameter ring of fire – a tribute to hope, progress, and the ambitions for a low-carbon Olympics, for all to see.

• Etienne Chevalier de Lorimier (1759–1813)

The Montgolfier brothers launched a large, unmanned paper balloon in the countryside near Annonay, France, in June 1783. Then they sent a wicker-basket cage of the animals up over Versailles in September 1783. A few months later, the first balloon rose over the rooftops of Paris. After these initial balloons went aloft, everyone “just went crazy,” Crouch said.

“People waited and waited for a millennia for flight to arrive,” Crouch said. “And suddenly, just overnight, there is the first little balloon on June 4, 1783, and then human beings are flying by the fall. People just become wildly excited.”

The show features dozens of wonderful pieces depicting the early efforts in the air. The oldest painting in the show, “Le Suffren” by Etienne Chevalier de Lorimier, illustrates a large balloon taking off from the city of Nantes in 1784. The oil painting dazzles in its opulent frame, highlighting the flight of the hydrogen balloon along with another treat for viewers.

“If you know what you’re looking at, and I hope we tell visitors enough so they can see all this, you can see the equipment for inflating the balloon in the painting,” Crouch pointed out. “It’s really lovely.”

In one fantastic print that shows the first free flight by humans made on Nov. 21, 1783, museumgoers should take a moment to read the writing on the piece. It notes that it’s an etching of the view of the Montgolfier balloon as it goes by none other than Benjamin Franklin’s terrace in Paris.

• Weinger, Mackenzie (May 8, 2017). "'Clouds in a Bag' Captures Excitement of First Hot Air Balloons". Washington Diplomat, The. Victor Shiblie, founder, publisher, editor-in-chief. ISSN 0508-0673; OCLC 62468759 (all editions).

• Expérience faite à Ver saille en présence de leurs Majestés et de la famille royale, par M. Montgolfier, le 19. Sept. 1783. La machine aérostatique avait de haut sur 41 de diamètre [Experiment conducted at Versailles in the presence of Their Majesties and the royal family, by Mr. Montgolfier, on September 19, 1783. The aerostatic machine rises to a height of 41 meters in diameter].

Twenty-four-year-old Etienne Chevalier de Lorimier (1759–1813) designed all nine of the prints. The engravers were Francois Noël Sellier (1737–1782), Pierre-Gabriel Berthault (fr) (1737–1831) (1748– ca1918) , Nicolas de Launay (fr) (1739–1792).

LCCN 2005-684858

LCCN.

"Supplement".

• Pleé Sc.

 

Voyages dans les airs [Travels in the Air]