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 loc...
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Title from item.
Publisher:
Published Novr. 1st, 1783, by I. Fielding, Pater Noster Row
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Balloons (Aircraft), Spectators, Animals, Telescopes, and Clothing & dress
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 ...
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Title etched above image.
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
"A sequel to British Museum satires no. 6438. George III, seated on a balloon, points downwards with his sceptre to an image of Pitt (right) as a naked child, on a column which is inscribed 'Family Presumption'. The king looks down at North, Fox, and ...
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Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by W. Wells, No. 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, England, and Surrey.
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Grocers' Company (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Elections, Local elections, Adoration, Balloons (Aircraft), Butchers, Chimney sweeps, Crowds, Idols, Occuptations, and Scavenging
Satire against corruption with an image of a huge automaton representing the new London University (later University College, London) tramples over greedy clerics, doctors, lawyers and the crown. Five lines of text below image: "I saw a vision, a gian...
"Fantastic scene at a London street corner which abuts on open country, the roadway deep in mud. A coach and pair advances left to right; the coachman has laid down reins and whip to read the Times through spectacles, the footman standing behind is de...
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Title from caption below image.
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Pub. Jany. 23 1828 by G. Humphrey St. James's Street
Subject (Topic):
Balloons (Aircraft), Carriages & coaches, City & town life, Steam, Storefronts, and Street vendors
"A young man being hauled out of the water by men in a fishing boat, one holding onto a pole he clutches, another supported by his companions, as he reaches out over the side of the boat to seize the drowning man's jacket; with three gentlemen in a bo...
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Title engraved below image.
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Published as the act directs June 4th, 1787, by Thos. Milton, No. 40 Great Queen Street, Lincolns Inn Fields, London, and by J. James Barralet, in Dublin
Subject (Name):
MacGwire, Richard, active 1785,
Subject (Topic):
Ballooning accidents, Balloons (Aircraft), Fishing boats, and Rescues
Depiction of the rescue of the English aeronaut Major John Money, who stands on the partially submerged gondola of an air balloon amid rolling waves beneath an overcast night sky. To his right, two men in a rowboat hold their hands out towards him; on...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
R. Barlow?
Subject (Name):
Money, John, 1739 or 1740-1817,
Subject (Topic):
Ballooning accidents, Balloons (Aircraft), Rowboats, and Rescues
