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A hot-air balloon with the visage of Daniel O'Connell carrying a basket of conservative ministers. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1836.
Doyle, John, 1797-1868.Date: 22 October 1836Reference: 36543i
Part of: HB sketches
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Three balloons travel over a polar landscape: proposed method of reaching the North Pole by J.P. Cheyne. Coloured wood engraving by C. Roberts, 1877.
Date: [1877]Reference: 36393i
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Paris seen from a balloon. Coloured lithograph, 1846, by J. Arnout.
Arnout, Jules, 1814-1868.Date: 1st. February 1846Reference: 36437i
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Le grand ballon captif à vapeur de M. Henry Giffard : cour des Tuileries--Paris, 1878 / Gaston Tissandier ; avec de nombreuses illustrations par Albert Tissandier.
Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899.Date: Juillet 1878
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William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville, dispensing Roman Catholic tracts from a balloon to the people of Oxford; representing his installation as Chancellor of Oxford University. Coloured etching after J. Gillray, 1810.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: Publish'd Aug.t 1810Reference: 2496779i
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Men on horseback with swords are chasing a balloon in the sky. Coloured wood engraving by Smeeton after Forrvielle.
Reference: 36297i
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Saint-Cloud, Boulogne, and the Pont de Saint-Cloud over the Seine, seen from a balloon. Coloured lithograph by Jules Arnout after himself, 1846.
Arnout, Jules, 1814-1868.Date: 1st February 1846Reference: 36441i
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A large balloon is hanging over the old town hall at Calais preparing for take-off. Coloured wood engraving.
Reference: 36345i
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A balloon sails over the headland and is rescued by a passing ship as it collapses. Coloured wood engraving.
Reference: 36407i
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Men travelling in hot-air balloons by night. Coloured wood engraving.
Reference: 36427i
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Orléans seen from a balloon. Coloured lithograph by Jules Arnout after himself.
Arnout, Jules, 1814-1868.Date: 1st. February 1846Reference: 36439i
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Pneumatics: an air-rifle and a kind of windmill. Engraving by J. Taylor.
Date: 1802Reference: 47576i
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People gathered at the sea front, Weymouth: some are looking up and pointing to a hot-air balloon in the sky. Tinted lithograph.
Reference: 36444i
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The ascent of the balloon 'Zenith' above the clouds with its three occupants (Crocé-Spinelli, Tissandier and Sivel) conducting operations, 1875. Coloured wood engraving.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 36313i
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A hot-air balloon in flight with a fire burning. Coloured engraving.
Reference: 36339i
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Ballooning: four figures. Coloured engraving by Garner.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 36295i
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A hot-air balloon leaves the ground in driving rain. Coloured wood engraving.
Reference: 36409i
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Engineering: an assortment of inventions. Engraving by W. Lowry.
Reference: 45482i
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A balloon has descended on a village, much to the consternation of the inhabitants: a sheep is climbing out of the basket. Engraving by J. Lodge.
Date: Decr. 1st. 1783Reference: 36306i
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John Hampton ascending in the balloon 'Albion' and descending by parachute in Cremorne Gardens, London. Wood engraving, 1839.
Date: 1839Reference: 36411i
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The balloon 'Saladin' is blown off course out to sea from Bridport. Coloured wood engraving by W. Wyllie after Captain Templer.
Templer, James, Captain, active 1881.Date: 1880-1889Reference: 36310i
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Roundhay Park, Leeds: the balloon 'Roundhay' flies above the park; a paddle-steamer takes passengers across the lake; in the foreground, a cascade. Coloured lithograph.
Reference: 36448i
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The view from a balloon on a flight over southern England in 1881. Coloured wood engraving after W.B. Murray, 1881.
Murray, William Bazett, active 1871-1890.Date: [1881]Reference: 36420i
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A man flying above a church with wings and balloons attached to him. Coloured wood engraving, 1877.
Date: [1877]Reference: 36654i
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The basket of a balloon with two men inside, and an engine with propellors. Wood engraving by E.A Tilly.
Tilly, E. A.Reference: 36327i