Print, Engraving on Paper, Colored

Charles George Green. Very large green and purple striped balloon dominates majority of the page. Below, in the gondola is a group of people waving flags. There is an anchor visible at the bottom of the gondola. Green was an enthusiastic English aeronaut who did occasional balloon performances out of need for money. Sometimes his act would involve animals or the offer for lottery winners to join him in his balloon. He is often considered the United Kingdom's most accomplished aeronaut of the 19th century.