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Head-and-shoulders portrait of Italian balloonist Luigi Piana. Includes a map of his various balloon ascents from Rome, with a note that he was killed on his fifth ascent on November 27, 1853. A vignette showing a balloon ascension is above the portrait. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.)</div>
between 1853 and 1900 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1853-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1900-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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