A bewildered group of French people watches in amazement the rising air balloon shown as a perfect globe attached to the handle of a basket in which travel a sheep, a cock, and a goose. The observers include members of all social classes, from the local landlord to a peasant woman with a child. An ape, accompanied by an owl and a scholar, watches the balloon through a telescope from a nearby tower
Description:
Title from item. and From the European magazine, October 1783, p. 272.
Publisher:
Published Novr. 1st, 1783, by I. Fielding, Pater Noster Row
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Balloons (Aircraft), Spectators, Animals, Telescopes, and Clothing & dress
Title etched above image., Publisher identified from address., Six lines of verse in two columns below image: This doctor from North Britain came, to eat & learn is [i.e., his] trade ..., Temporary local subject terms: Slogans: 'cat's paw', i.e., a person used as a tool by another -- Clubs: Independent Electors of Westminster -- ABuildings: College of Physicians -- Vehicles: open carriage -- Jacobites -- Quackery -- Emblems: cradle -- Zanies -- Reference to Edward Vernon, 1684-1757., and Watermark: Strasburg lily.
Publisher:
May's Buildings
Subject (Name):
Thompson, Thomas, 1708?-1773
Subject (Topic):
Animals, Medical equipment & supplies, Physicians, Carriages & coaches, Quacks, Horses, and Apes
An air balloon, shown as a globe, lands in front of a cottage causing panic among those who were watching its progress. A cleric, holding a crucifix and a bible, attempts to exorcise the evil while the sheep, the cock, and the goose that travelled in the balloon's basket escape unharmed. A monkey looks on from a nearby tree. Below the image is a brief description of Montgolfier's experiment
Description:
Title etched above image., Plate from: European magazine, October 1783, p. 272., and Sequel to no. 6334 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Publisher:
Publish'd Decr. 1st, 1783, by J. Fielding, Pater Noster Row
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel, 1740-1810.
Subject (Topic):
Balloons (Aircraft), Spectators, Animals, and Clergy
Title printed within image., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication from item., Artist unknown., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Lith. & Pub. By N Currier, 152 Nassau St. Cor. of Spruce St N.Y.
Subject (Topic):
Aging, Life cycle, Human, Infants, Mothers, Boys, Toys, Soldiers, Daggers & swords, Men, Top hats, Staffs (Sticks)., Older people, Nurses, and Animals
Title printed within image., Artist unknown., Date and place of publication from item., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Published by James Baillie, 87th St. near 3rd Avenue N.Y. and Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1848, by J. Baillie, in the Clerk's Office of the Distt. Court, of the Southn. Distt. of N.Y.
Subject (Topic):
Aging, Life cycle, Human, Infants, Mothers, Boys, Toys, Men, Soldiers, Daggers & swords, Flags, Top hats, Staffs (Sticks)., Older people, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Animals
publish'd according to act of Parliament 1 Nov. 1748.
Call Number:
748.11.01.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
On the left James II, seated on a throne of "hereditary right" and holding manacles, turns left to shake the hand of a monk who tramples on an open volume labeled "Holy Bible". From under the throne dragons or serpents devour the "Magna Carta", "Toleration Act", "Common and Statute Law" and "Acts of Parliament" while slaves bow before the King and Furries with torches and whips dance before him. On an obelisk is inscribed: "The Foundation of the Roman Hierarchy; implicit faith; apostalical succession; infallibility; pardons and indulgences; decrees of council; massacres; private murders; perjury and the inquisition ..." At foot of the obelisk is the Pope preaching "Hereditary indefeasible right and my bull to sanctify thy claim" addressed to the Pretender ...
Description:
Title engraved in cartouche below image., Later state, with publisher's address erased and date altered to 1748. Originally published by J. Collyer in Ludgate Street, 1 November 1745., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on sides., and Mounted to: 31 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
James II, King of England, 1633-1701, George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, and Benedict XIV, Pope, 1675-1758
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Animals, Clergy, Demons, Justice, Martyrs, Monks, Shackles, and Enslaved people
A shield with three bulls against an argent field. At the helm is a knight's helmet, of which both this and the shield are engulfed by elaborate leafing. At the crest, atop a torse, is a dog sejant with its right paw upon an empty shield.
Subject (Name):
Metcalfe, Theophilus, fl. 1649
Subject (Topic):
Animals, Armorial, Armorial bookplates,, Dogs, Shield, and Shields
