Balloon Collection (page 6)

The filling of a balloon
3732696 The filling of a balloon; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the filling of a balloon in England. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The inflating of the balloon Hirondelle
3732695 The inflating of the balloon Hirondelle'; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the inflating of the balloon Hirondelle'. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A close escape for Camille Flammarion
3732694 A close escape for Camille Flammarion; (add.info.: Engraving titled A close escape for Camille Flammarion'. Camille Flammarion (1842-1925) a French astronomer and author

Green's balloon landing in the sea
3732684 Green's balloon landing in the sea; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Green's balloon landing in the sea. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The construction of balloons in the Gare d'Orleans to carry information out of Paris during the Prussian siege
3732672 The construction of balloons in the Gare d'Orleans to carry information out of Paris during the Prussian siege; (add.info)

Ernest Petin's flying machine
3732866 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)

The aftermath of Gaston Tissandier's fatal balloon accident
3732780 The aftermath of Gaston Tissandier's fatal balloon accident; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the aftermath of Gaston Tissandier's fatal balloon accident)

Nadar's balloon Le Geant
3732777 Nadar's balloon Le Geant'; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Nadar's balloon Le Geant which made its debut in Paris. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The accidental crashing of Mrs Graham's balloon near Piccadilly
3732764 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 Duke of Chartres making a balloon ascent
3732750 The Duke of Chartres making a balloon ascent; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Duke of Chartres making a balloon ascent with the Robert brothers)

Crowds gathered to watch the landing of the first successful hydrogen filled balloon
3732566 Crowds gathered to watch the landing of the first successful hydrogen filled balloon; (add.info.: Crowds gathered, in the Champs de Mars)

A paying-out machinery and pulley of Giffard's Captive hydrogen balloon
3732559 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)

Scene from the Siege of Paris
3077759 Scene from 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)

Game board and instructions depicts a varied landscape and waterfront filled with numbered balloons
2623673 Game board and instructions depicts a varied landscape and waterfront filled with numbered balloons; (add.info.: Game board and instructions depicts a varied landscape)

Eugene Godard's balloon
3586005 Eugene Godard's balloon; (add.info.: Illustration depicting Eugene Godard's balloon Aigile'. Dated Eugene Godard (1827-1890) French aeronaut

Charles Green's balloon
3586004 Charles Green's balloon; (add.info.: Illustration depicting Charles Green's balloon. Charles Green (1785-1870) a British balloonist. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The grapple of a hot-air balloon catching a large man's belt
3585996 The grapple of a hot-air balloon catching a large man's belt; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting the grapple of a hot-air balloon catching a large man's belt)

The Hydrogen Balloon designed by the Montgolfier Brothers
3585984 The Hydrogen Balloon designed by the Montgolfier Brothers; (add.info.: Copperplate engraving of the Hydrogen Balloon designed by the Montgolfier Brothers)

The Petrol Era, five phases of the great power of the reign of King George V
2915348 The Petrol Era, five phases of the great power of the reign of King George V. Centre plate, King George entering his Daimler car. Top left, petrol and the farm waggon

Paris firemen on the rooftops trying to capture a balloon with its ropes entangled round chimney pots
545215 Paris firemen on the rooftops trying to capture a balloon with its ropes entangled round chimney pots and to rescue the aviator in the basket

Vincenzo Lunardi (1759-1806) Italian aeronaut. Made the first hydrogen balloon ascent in Britain, Moorfields, London
530535 Vincenzo Lunardi (1759-1806) Italian aeronaut. Made the first hydrogen balloon ascent in Britain, Moorfields, London, 15 September 1784

Balloon ascent from Gare du Nord, Paris, at night, to carry dispatches out of besieged city during Franco-Prussian War
530519 Balloon ascent from Gare du Nord, Paris, at night, to carry dispatches out of besieged city during Franco-Prussian War

(Salomon) August Andree (1854-1897) Swedish engineer, and his team setting out on the fatal balloon expedition to
530669 (Salomon) August Andree (1854-1897) Swedish engineer, and his team setting out on the fatal balloon expedition to the North Pole, 11 July 1897. Andree's body was found in 1930

Robert brothers helping JAC Charles (1746-1823) to inflate balloon with hydrogen produced by covering barrel of iron
533626 Robert brothers helping JAC Charles (1746-1823) to inflate balloon with hydrogen produced by covering barrel of iron filings with sulphuric acid

An electrically driven ornithoper
5616667 An electrically driven ornithoper; (add.info.: Reuben Jasper Spalding's (1889) method of quick, direct transport; an electrically driven ornithoper. From Der Stein der Weisen, (ca 1895)

Balloon ascent to conduct atmospheric temperature research by John Jeffries
5616711 Balloon ascent to conduct atmospheric temperature research by John Jeffries; (add.info.: Balloon ascent to conduct atmospheric temperature research by John Jeffries (1745 - 1819)

Jacques Charles first successful flight in his hydrogen filled balloon
5312096 Jacques Charles first successful flight in his hydrogen filled balloon; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Jacques Charles first successful flight in his hydrogen filled balloon)

Engraving depicting Francesco Lana de Terzi's flying boat concept
5309136 Engraving depicting Francesco Lana de Terzi's flying boat concept; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Francesco Lana de Terzi's flying boat concept)

An engraving depicting John Money coming into grief with his balloon. John Money (1752-1817)
5311279 An engraving depicting John Money coming into grief with his balloon. John Money (1752-1817) an aeronaut and general in the British Army

The people running at the scene of the hot air balloon accident by Jean Francois Pilatre de Rosier (1757-1785)
ELD4840780 The people running at the scene of the hot air balloon accident by Jean Francois Pilatre de Rosier (1757-1785)

France, Rhone-Alpes, Ardeche (07), Annonay: Photo of the monument eleve to Joseph (1740-1810) and Etienne (1745-1799)
LUX4714566 France, Rhone-Alpes, Ardeche (07), Annonay: Photo of the monument eleve to Joseph (1740-1810) and Etienne (1745-1799) Montgolfier inventor of the balloon, 1883; (add.info.: France)

France: President of the Republic Sadi Carnot passes by carriage on a square in a city where a balloon is launched
LUX4756344 France: President of the Republic Sadi Carnot passes by carriage on a square in a city where a balloon is launched

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: fields of Mars, hot air balloon depart, animated view with many spectators
LUX4761177 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: fields of Mars, hot air balloon depart, animated view with many spectators, 1907; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37)

Crowds watch the launch of the Globe Balloon, 1783
3480651 Crowds watch the launch of the Globe Balloon, 1783; (add.info.: Crowds watch the launch of the Globe Balloon, Paris, 1783.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A medicine show
2626767 A medicine show; (add.info.: French cartoon shows a long line of people, with more arriving by stagecoach and railroad, at a medicine show where a quack with a lion's head)

The Zeppelin bombardment of Antwerp, Belgium, August 1914, in defiance of the Hague Convention (litho)
3252884 The Zeppelin bombardment of Antwerp, Belgium, August 1914, in defiance of the Hague Convention (litho); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Zeppelin bombardment of Antwerp, Belgium)

Charles Green's balloon
3586007 Charles Green's balloon; (add.info.: Illustration depicting Charles Green's balloon. Charles Green (1785-1870) a British balloonist. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Charles Green's balloon
3585999 Charles Green's balloon; (add.info.: Illustration depicting Charles Green's balloon. Charles Green (1785-1870) a British balloonist. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Henry Tracey Coxwell's plan for a triple balloon to be used for Arctic exploration
3586006 Henry Tracey Coxwell's plan for a triple balloon to be used for Arctic exploration; (add.info.: Illustration depicting Henry Tracey Coxwell's plan for a triple balloon to be used for)

Mr Punch travelling in a hot-air balloon
3586002 Mr Punch travelling in a hot-air balloon; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting the character Mr Punch flying above London in a hot-air balloon. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Henry Tracey Coxwell's plan for a triple balloon to be used for Arctic exploration
3585994 Henry Tracey Coxwell's plan for a triple balloon to be used for Arctic exploration; (add.info.: Illustration depicting Henry Tracey Coxwell's plan for a triple balloon to be used for)

A valve mechanism of a hydrogen balloon
3585991 A valve mechanism of a hydrogen balloon; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a valve mechanism of a hydrogen balloon. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The Minerva Balloon
3585990 The Minerva Balloon; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Minerva Balloon designed by Etienne-Gaspard Robert. Etienne-Gaspard Robert (1763-1837) a Belgian physicist

Title page with balloonist, dancers, fencers, fiddler, workers, police and riff-raff
FLO4686863 Title page with balloonist, dancers, fencers, fiddler, workers, police and riff-raff. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cruikshank from David Carey's Life in Paris

Surrey Zoological Gardens
2623677 Surrey Zoological Gardens; (add.info.: Hand-coloured lithograph of the Surrey Zoological Gardens, with a balloon ascending in the distance)

Le Tricolore
2623669 Le Tricolore; (add.info.: Colour lithograph titled Le Tricolore'. The print depicts the French "Le Tricolore" balloon in the colours of the French flag with passengers)

French caricature of photographer and balloonist Nadar
2911709 French caricature of photographer and balloonist Nadar; (add.info.: French caricature of photographer and balloonist Nadar, standing next to his camera and holding a quill pen in right hand)

Yves Guyot's plan for an ovoid balloon fitted with a sail
3732676 Yves Guyot's plan for an ovoid balloon fitted with a sail; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Yves Guyot's plan for an ovoid balloon fitted with a sail)

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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.