Sujet

Hot air balloon in the courtyard of Burlington House, Piccadilly, Westminster, London, 1814. Artist: James Gillray

Légende

View of the courtyard of Burlington House, Piccadilly, Westminster, London, 1814, showing the ascent of Mr James Sadler and Miss Thompson in a hot air balloon, surrounded by a crowd of spectators. James Sadler was a professional balloonist of the time.

Date

1814

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/City of London : The London Archives

Notre référence

HRM19A94_219

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (4,9Mo) / 41,6cm x 30,1cm / 4910 x 3557 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation exterior road building buildings London England people crowd street flight balloon spectator color colour lane hot air balloon avenue courtyard Piccadilly Westminster location century aviation concept outside metaphor air Transport inflation 19th century nineteenth century City of Westminster Guildhall Library & Art Gallery Burlington House full of hot air TGN when the balloon goes up James Sadler Miss Thompson Thompson James etching James James Gillray James Gillray;Gillray Sadler Miss Gillray James