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1. A messenger to the moon [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1783]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 88 Box D207
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A witch flying to the left on a broomstick and suckling a cat, discharges a blast of "inflammable air" towards a large sphere suspended midair behind her. A spectator standing below holds a torch to the stream of air and says, "How blue it burns!" Another man identified as a F.R.S. (Fellow of the Royal Society) stands to the right watching the scene and observes, "We shall now have a Lunatick Journal." Behind the Fellow of the Royal Society is another spectator identified as A.S.S. who boasts of having a ticket to Georgium Sidus (i.e., Uranus).
- Description:
- Title from inscription in black ink in the artist's hand above image., Date supplied by cataloger., Print after image is described in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires / Mary Dorothy Georg, v. 4, no. 6335, and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Antiquarians, Balloons (Aircraft), Witches, and Spectators
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A messenger to the moon [art original].
2. A new pantomime. Harlequine [fox running off with a goose in its mouth] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [after 25 February 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.02.25.01.2+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Charles Fox, as Harlequin, and Lord North, as Pantaloon, perform on stage for the members of their party. Fox, standing on one leg, holds the Harlequin's 'magic' wand above the head of a bust of George III. Above the wand hangs the royal crown suspended from an air balloon. Behind his back, Fox passes to a smiling North a piece of paper inscribed, "Prerogative." The audience, that includes on the left, in the box, the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Robinson, and in the pit, among the others, Keppel and Burke, applauds the performance. The back wall of the stage is decorated with a portrait of Cromwell. On the wall facing the King's bust hangs a map of the United States
- Alternative Title:
- Harlequin
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark, imprint burnished out., Publication information from British Museum catalogue., and Title partially in the form of a rebus.
- Publisher:
- E. Hodges?
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., and Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Pantomimes, Balloons (Aircraft), and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A new pantomime. Harlequine [fox running off with a goose in its mouth] [graphic].
3. An air balloon invented in the last century [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- 1st March [1789]
- Call Number:
- 789.03.01.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An air balloon with the basket in the shape of a boat; two passengers on the left, one on the right holding an oar; four balloons surround the mast with a fully rigged sail
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Plate from: The European magazine, 1789, opp. p. 96., Mounted to 24 x 16 cm., and Publication year erased and written in manuscript.
- Publisher:
- Published by J. Sewell, Cornhill
- Subject (Topic):
- Balloons (Aircraft) and Sailboats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > An air balloon invented in the last century [graphic].
4. An exact representation of the departure of Monsr. Blanchard and Doctr. Jefferies from Dover Castle on Jany. 7th, 1785 with the vessels attending them on the occasion. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs [1785]
- Call Number:
- 785.01.07.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from caption etched below image., Numbered '208' in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Dover Castle., and Watermark in center of sheet: quartered shield with crown on top, harp in the lower right quarter.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
- Subject (Name):
- Dover Castle (Dover, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Balloons (Aircraft), Rowboats, and Sailboats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > An exact representation of the departure of Monsr. Blanchard and Doctr. Jefferies from Dover Castle on Jany. 7th, 1785 with the vessels attending them on the occasion. [graphic]
5. Apparition du globe aerostatique de Mr. Blanchard, entre Calais et Boulogne parti de Douvres le 7 de Janvier 1785 à 1 heure 1/2 [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bonvallet, L. (Louis), approximately 1748-1818, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1785]
- Call Number:
- 785.01.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A scene in rural France: A farmer holding onto a plow drawn by a team of oxen, shepherds with their sheep, and a man fishing in a stream, all look up in astonishment at the air balloon overhead. This print references the third flight of Jean-Pierre Blanchard, his second with American John Jeffries and the first flight over the English Channel
- Alternative Title:
- Premier passager aerien de la mer and Dedié à Mr. Blanchard, pensioné du roi, citoyen de Calais
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Dedication etched above title: Dedié à Mr. Blanchard, Pensioné de Roi, Citoyen de Calais., "Avec Privilege du Roi"--Following imprint., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Six lines of verse, signed "Basset" at the end, in two columns below title: Le Pécheur qui sur l'eau tenait son bras tendu ...
- Publisher:
- Chez Basset rue St. Jacques au coin de celle des Mathurins
- Subject (Geographic):
- France.
- Subject (Name):
- Blanchard, Jean-Pierre, 1753-1809. and Jeffries, John, 1745-1819.
- Subject (Topic):
- Balloon ascensions, Balloonists, English, French, Balloons (Aircraft), Farmers, Fishermen, Ox teams, Rural areas, and Shepherds
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Apparition du globe aerostatique de Mr. Blanchard, entre Calais et Boulogne parti de Douvres le 7 de Janvier 1785 à 1 heure 1/2 [graphic]
6. Coelum ipsum petimus stultitia [graphic].
- Creator:
- Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.00.00.79+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A companion print to British Museum Satires nos. 6700, 6701, 6703. An enormous balloon not completely inflated rests on a platform suspended between two masts; it is exploding, flames and thick clouds of smoke pour from a crease in its contour, a number of men with faggots on their backs run from the balloon, others are on the platform, which is covered by a large cloth or net which hangs in folds. In the air (left), as if having sprung from the exploding part of the balloon, is a small balloon in the form of a head, identical with that in British Museum Satires No. 6704, with the same inscription and passenger. From it streams, in place of a rope, the tail of a kite. This evidently represents the bursting of Keegan's balloon in the garden of Foley House. A circle of posts with a rope keeps the spectators, who are fashionably dressed, from the balloon. Two men inside the barrier (right), probably Blanchard and Sheldon, who was to be pilot (see British Museum Satires No. 6703) run towards the balloon shouting directions through speaking-trumpets. In the foreground is one of the small balloons which were commonly sent up on the occasion of an ascent, cf. British Museum Satires No. 6668. In the background are trees. A number of spectators watch from the top of the high garden-wall (left). [Foley House was noted for its extremely high wall. 'Town and Country Magazine' xvi, 625] Behind are houses, evidently those in or near Portland Place. Sheldon's projected ascent ended in disaster on 25 Sept. 1784. He attempted to fill a balloon more than three times the size of Lunardi's by heated or rarefied air produced by a furnace suspended below the balloon. The balloon was supported on two masts and on a platform; it burst while it was being filled. See 'London Chronicle', Sept. 24, 28, 29. Except for the contour of the balloon which appears to burlesque human posteriors, and for the little balloon in the shape of a fool's head, this is probably a realistic rendering of the scene, see British Museum Satires No. 6703."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Matted to 33 x 43 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Blanchard, Jean-Pierre, 1753-1809., Sheldon, John, 1752-1808., and Lunardi, Vincent, 1759-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Balloons (Aircraft), Aircraft accidents, Fires, and Spectators
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Coelum ipsum petimus stultitia [graphic].
7. Description of the Grand National Jubilee, held in St. James's, Hyde, and the Green Parks, on Monday 1st August, 1814
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1 August 1814]
- Call Number:
- 814.08.01.04+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Letterpress broadside with a description of the Grand National Jubilee of 1814 surrounded by eight woodcut views (clockwise from top): The Temple; The Pagoda on Fire; The Jubilee Balloon; The Enemy on Fire; Sham Fight on the Serpentine; Boarding an American; The Royal Booth; The Castle
- Description:
- Title from first line of text below image. and "Price sixpence plain, or one shilling coloured"--Price below imprint.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by John Fairburn, Jun. Fountain Court, Minories
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, London, London., and London (England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Festivals, Fireworks, Buildings, Temporary, Parks, Balloons (Aircraft), Historical pageants, Ships, and Temples
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Description of the Grand National Jubilee, held in St. James's, Hyde, and the Green Parks, on Monday 1st August, 1814
8. Destruction of the Victoria & Albert balloon on Monday evening June 16th 1851. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [18 June 1851?]
- Call Number:
- 851.00.00.24
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Publication date from unverified data from local card catalog record., and Two lines of text below title: Severely injuring Mr. & Mrs. Graham the acronauts and doing damage to the house of Colonel North, No. 16 Arlington Street, Piccadilly, to the extent of upwards of £300.
- Publisher:
- Published June 18th by Ackermann & Co., 96 Strand
- Subject (Topic):
- Balloons (Aircraft) and Fires
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Destruction of the Victoria & Albert balloon on Monday evening June 16th 1851. [graphic]
9. New principles, or, The march of invention [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1830?]
- Call Number:
- 830.00.00.83+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- On the right a steam-driven coach has exploded with the passengers thrown into the air. A hot air balloons with baskets shaped as a boat and the other as a carraige float above the trees. On the left a conventional carriage "Patent Safety Coach" with advertisements about insurance on the windows speeds away, man in the coach looking back in horror
- Alternative Title:
- March of invention
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: 1829.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
- Subject (Topic):
- Accidents, Airships, Balloons (Aircraft), Insurance, and Steam automobiles
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > New principles, or, The march of invention [graphic].
10. Original air balloon [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [29 December 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.12.29.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An air balloon inscribed, "America," floats above a group of spectators who include, on the left, a Spaniard and a Frenchman, tied together with a chain and padlock and, on the right, a Dutchman with little devils climbing out of his pocket. Between them stands Franklin. In the background, Charles Fox and Lord North dance merrily to a tune played by the devil who is identified as 'Director general.' Next to them, a number of people vomit under a heavy block inscribed, "Opression taxes," on which stands the gallows with the corpses of 'trade,' 'wealth,' and 'liberty' hanging from it. In the balloon's basket are Washington, with two faces, stretching his arms towards the ghost of Cromwell, and Silas Deane, shaking at the sight of the ghost of "John the Painter" (James Aitken). Numbered figures are identified by references above the image
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate "No. 8" in lower right below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as [the] act directs Decr. 29, 1783 by G. Humphrey, No. 48 Long Acre
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790., Washington, George, 1732-1799., Deane, Silas, 1737-1789., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658., and Aitken, James, 1752-1777.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Balloons (Aircraft), Demonology, Gallows, and Ghosts
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Original air balloon [graphic].