The Balloon
The story
A crowd gathers around a public balloon launch at Les Invalides for the holiday of August 15, which Napoleon III had declared in honour of his uncle's birthday. Manet made this print in 1862. His publisher dropped it from the planned portfolio for being too radical.
- Artist
- Édouard Manet
- Year
- 1862
- Period
- Impressionist
- Rights
- Free to view, download & share
