Balloons and ballooning scenes
Various balloons and ballooning scenes around the outside of a poster. At the top is Garnerin, his wife and Mr Glassford ascending from Vauxhall Gardens in 1802, with a kitten descending by parachute over the River Thames. Balloons below were piloted by Montgolfier and Blanchard (left) and Lunardi, Garnerin and Captain Sowden (right). In the lower left is a balloon being filled, and in the lower right a parachute descent. At the bottom centre is an arrangement with French and British flags
Picture No
10610209
Media ID
48035244
Size
3874px x 5000px
(3.4MB)
Credit
©The Royal Aeronautical Society (National Aerospace Library)/Mary Evans
Source
Printed and sold by Edward Langley, London
Date
3 August 1802
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1802 Ascending Ascent Ballooning Blanchard Descending Descent Filled Filling Garnerin Lunardi Montgolfier Parachute Vauxhall
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