Colored engraving on paper depicting four balloons- one in each corner around a round diagram of an aerial view of the city of Chester. Lower left balloon has blue, green, yellow vertical stripes and is attached to a barrel with three men. Upper left balloon has red and gold roccoco designs on balloon. Gondola has red fabric swag and two men, one of whom flies a flag with three fleur de lis. Upper right corner, has yellow balloon with brown gondola with contraption with blue wings. Lower right corner has blue balloon with red horizontal stripes and yellow crest with lion and unicorn. A man flying in gondola waves a flag.
Created by
Digitized by Kelby Cox
Date Created
02/03/2021
Source
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Keywords
Art; Aviation
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