Before there were airplanes, there were gliders, and before there were gliders, there were balloons. In fact, balloons and dirigibles were the only way a human could take flight for 120 years — the time between the first flight of the Montgolfier brothers’ first human-carrying balloon in 1783 and the Wright Brothers’ flight in a heavier-than-air vehicle in 1903.
This tattoo shows an early gas-filled balloon common throughout the 19th century. It was done by Annie Lloyd at Three Kings Tattoo in Brooklyn, NY.
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Margot Says:
That is amazing. I’ve been wanting a tattoo similar to this for ages upon ages upon ages.
This one is truly, truly beautiful.
Posted on March 17th, 2009 at 10:58 am