The descent of Mr. Livingston on the Coast of Baldoyle, County of Dublin, on Thursday the 27th of June 1822, in which day he ascended from Porto bello Barracks, for the benefit of the suffering Poor of the South & South West of Ireland.

October 1822

ART-Prints, Original

Print, Aquatint on Paper, Uncolored

Thomas J. Mulvany

Uncolored aquatint of Mr. Edmund Livingston's descent into the water off of the coast of Ireland. Livingston ascended from the Porto Bello Barracks, Dublin, on June 27, 1822 on a flight to raise money for the Irish poor. He descended in the Irish Sea off the coast of Baldoyle, County Dublin. The basket is shown in the water with Mr. Livingston bracing himself as the wind pulls the balloon. Row boat is on the water in the background.
'London, Published Octr. 1822 by R. Havell, 3 Chapel Street, Tottenham Court Road; for T.J. Mulvany.'

2-D - Unframed (H x W): 45.9 × 54.6cm (18 1/16 × 21 1/2 in.)
2-D - In Frame (H x W x D): 57.1cm × 68.6cm × 3.8cm (22 1/2 × 27 × 1 1/2 in.)

A20140661000

Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust

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