Balloon Collection (#4)

The ascent of the Montgolfier Balloon
3732667 The ascent of the Montgolfier Balloon; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the ascent of the Montgolfier Balloon from the Cremorne Gardens, London)

The accidental crashing of Mrs Graham's balloon near Piccadilly
3732776 The accidental crashing of Mrs Graham's balloon near Piccadilly; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the accidental crashing of Mrs Graham's balloon near Piccadilly)

The ballooning accident of General John Money
3732775 The ballooning accident of General John Money; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the ballooning accident of General John Money (1752-1817) a British aeronaut and general in the British Army

The fatal ballooning accident of Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier
3732772 The fatal ballooning accident of Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the fatal ballooning accident of Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier (1756-1783)

One of nine balloons constructed by Green for the 1850 Franklin search expedition
3732751 One of nine balloons constructed by Green for the 1850 Franklin search expedition; (add.info.: Engraving depicting one of nine balloons constructed by Green for the 1850 Franklin search)

The balloon Flesselles
3732741 The balloon Flesselles'; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the balloon Flesselles which made an ascent from Lyons with seven passengers. Dated 18th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Vincenzo making his first balloon ascent in England
3732562 Vincenzo making his first balloon ascent in England; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Vincenzo Lunardi (1759-1839), an Italian aeronaut, making his first balloon ascent in England

Professor Charles balloon
3732736 Professor Charles balloon; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Professor Charles balloon on its way to the Champ de Mars. Dated 18th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Henry Tracey Coxwell's design for balloons to be used for Artic exploration
3732734 Henry Tracey Coxwell's design for balloons to be used for Artic exploration; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Henry Tracey Coxwell's design for balloons to be used for Arctic)

A system of vanes for attaching to balloons so that ascents and descents could be made without discarding ballast or
3732726 A system of vanes for attaching to balloons so that ascents and descents could be made without discarding ballast or releasing gas; (add.info)

The Nassau balloon about to ascend from Vauxhall Gardens
3732718 The Nassau balloon about to ascend from Vauxhall Gardens; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Nassau balloon about to ascend from Vauxhall Gardens, London)

Laurent de Guzman's balloon
3732686 Laurent de Guzman's balloon; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Laurent de Guzman's balloon. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Ernest Petin's flying machine
3732661 Ernest Petin's flying machine; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Ernest Petin's flying machine. Ernest Petin (1812-1879) a French milliner and balloonist

A balloon falling into the sea
3732762 A balloon falling into the sea; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a balloon falling into the sea. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Giffard's Captive hydrogen balloon
3732743 Giffard's Captive hydrogen balloon; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Giffard's Captive hydrogen balloon Captive in the Cremorne Gardens, London)

Samson's design for a navigable balloon
3732740 Samson's design for a navigable balloon; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Samson's design for a navigable balloon. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

George Rudek's saddle balloon
3732738 George Rudek's saddle balloon; (add.info.: Engraving depicting George Rudek's saddle balloon fitted with meteorological instruments and incandescent electric searchlights)

A balloon manufactured by Henri Lachambre
2623752 A balloon manufactured by Henri Lachambre; (add.info.: Colour lithograph advertising a balloon manufactured by the French balloon manufacturer, Henri Lachambre (1846-1904)

A crowd viewing fireworks on Bastille Day celebration in Paris, 1801 (engraving)
2623672 A crowd viewing fireworks on Bastille Day celebration in Paris, 1801 (engraving); (add.info.: Hand-coloured etching depicting a crowd viewing fireworks on Bastille Day celebration in Paris)

The Siege of Paris
3078958 The Siege of Paris; (add.info.: Scene from the Siege of Paris, consequent capture of the city by Prussian forces, led to French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War)

First ascent of Mongolfier hot air balloon, 21 November 1783. From chromolithgotraph postcard published c1910
530319 First ascent of Mongolfier hot air balloon, 21 November 1783. From chromolithgotraph postcard published c1910.; Universal History Archive/UIG

Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier
3733207 Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier.; (add.info.: Woodcut portrait of Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier (-1785), a French chemist and a pioneer of aviation

A paying-out machinery and pulley of Giffard's Captive hydrogen balloon
3732730 A paying-out machinery and pulley of Giffard's Captive hydrogen balloon; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a paying-out machinery and pulley of Giffard's Captive hydrogen balloon)

The Nassau balloon being used to hold up Westminster Bridge
3732713 The Nassau balloon being used to hold up Westminster Bridge; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting the Nassau balloon being used to hold up Westminster Bridge, London)

Dunont de Chambot piercing Jean-Pierre Blanchard's balloon
3732709 Dunont de Chambot piercing Jean-Pierre Blanchard's balloon; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Dunont de Chambot piercing Jean-Pierre Blanchard's balloon)

An idea for a sailing balloon
3732703 An idea for a sailing balloon; (add.info.: Engraving depicting an idea for a sailing balloon. Dated 18th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau's ascent from Dijon
3732692 Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau's ascent from Dijon; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau's ascent from Dijon)

Fashion pieces which mimics balloons
3732680 Fashion pieces which mimics balloons; (add.info.: Illustration depicting fashion pieces of a wealthy couple which mimics balloons. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Jean-Pierre Blanchard's balloon
3732675 Jean-Pierre Blanchard's balloon; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Jean-Pierre Blanchard's balloon. Dated 18th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Alphonse Louis Poitevin
3732666 Alphonse Louis Poitevin; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting Alphonse Louis Poitevin (1819-1882) a French chemist, photographer and civil engineer, hanging a new moon after the old one had fallen

Lennox's balloon Aigle
3732660 Lennox's balloon Aigle'; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Lennox's balloon Aigle'. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A hot-air balloon fitted with a parachute
3732624 A hot-air balloon fitted with a parachute; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a hot-air balloon fitted with a parachute. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Crowds gathered to watch the landing of the first successful hydrogen filled balloon
3732567 Crowds gathered to watch the landing of the first successful hydrogen filled balloon; (add.info.: Crowds gathered, in the Champs de Mars)

Ernest Petin's flying machine
3732867 Ernest Petin's flying machine; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Ernest Petin's flying machine: Petin, a Paris milliner r designed this machine in 1850 and, although it was never built)

A balloon house in Amsterdam
3732787 A balloon house in Amsterdam; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a balloon house in Amsterdam. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A hydrogen generating machine
3732782 A hydrogen generating machine; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a hydrogen generating machine used in the inflating of military balloons. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A balloonist leaping to his death in order to save his love
3732774 A balloonist leaping to his death in order to save his love; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a balloonist leaping to his death in order to save his love)

Sophie Blanchard's fatal ballooning accident
3732770 Sophie Blanchard's fatal ballooning accident; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Sophie Blanchard's fatal ballooning accident)

Nicolas Camille Flammarion ascending in a balloon
3732758 Nicolas Camille Flammarion ascending in a balloon; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Nicolas Camille Flammarion ascending in a balloon)

Jean-Pierre Blanchard's balloon
3732754 Jean-Pierre Blanchard's balloon; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Jean-Pierre Blanchard's balloon. Dated 18th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Tissandier landing his balloon Neptune
3732748 Tissandier landing his balloon Neptune'; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Tissandier landing his balloon. Gaston Tissandier (1843-1899) a French chemist, Meteorologist, aviator and editor

Giffard's Captive hydrogen balloon
3732744 Giffard's Captive hydrogen balloon; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Giffard's Captive hydrogen balloon Captive in the Cremorne Gardens, London)

The filling of a balloon
3732739 The filling of a balloon; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the filling of a balloon in England. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Crowds gathered to watch the release of the first successful hydrogen filled balloon
3732568 Crowds gathered to watch the release of the first successful hydrogen filled balloon; (add.info.: Crowds gathered, in the Champs de Mars)

James Sadler making a balloon ascent from fields near Merton College, Oxford
3732560 James Sadler making a balloon ascent from fields near Merton College, Oxford; (add.info.: Engraving depicting James Sadler making a balloon ascent from fields near Merton College, Oxford)

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): captive balloon of the 1900 World Exhibition
LUX4746898 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): captive balloon of the 1900 World Exhibition; (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France)

The Battle of Fleurus on 26 June 1794 between the French Republic and Prussia
DUV4205342 The Battle of Fleurus on 26 June 1794 between the French Republic and Prussia: General Jean-Baptiste Jourdan (Jean Baptiste Jourdan)

Print of the Royal Vauxhall Nassau Balloon
3586009 Print of the Royal Vauxhall Nassau Balloon; (add.info.: Print of the Royal Vauxhall Nassau Balloon. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

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"D-Day - Supplies pour ashore as balloons guide the way to victory" The Bristol balloon festival, a mesmerizing spectacle in Avon, England, Europe Captivating moments at the Chelsea Arts Club Ball with balloons floating above A heartwarming sight of a Bassett hound puppy with its ears held up by colorful balloons Remembering the Catford Evacuees who found solace in the sky filled with balloons An enchanting illustration from W Heath Robinson's Railway Ribaldry featuring a whimsical balloon adventure Paul Klee's masterpiece on gauze and board captures the ethereal beauty of balloons (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Marveling at an aerial view of Manchester and the Ship Canal adorned by majestic hot air balloons Montgolfier balloon gracefully soaring over Paris, painting a picture-perfect scene Celebrating James Sadler's pioneering spirit through his remarkable invention.