Sujet
'The Enterprizing Lunardi's Grand Air Ballon', 1784. Artist: Unknown
Légende
'The Enterprizing Lunardi's Grand Air Ballon. which took it's flight from the Artillery Ground September 15th, 1784. Amidst the acclamations of 300,000 spectators. This wonderful machine raised to the amazing height of near three miles, continued floating on the air for near three hours, and then alighted about 5 miles beyond ware in Hertfordshire, 26 miles from London.' Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century ... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston (pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds], (London, 1905).
The Print Collector collection
Date
30 nov. 1999
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM19C25_042
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,0Mo (3,0Mo) / 29,8cm x 42,0cm / 3517 x 4966 (300dpi)