The Birth of the Balloon

Enormous crowds gathered in Paris to watch one balloon after another rise above the city rooftops, carrying the first human beings into the air in the closing months of 1783. Collection celebrating the invention and early history of the balloon.

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 The Great Balloon Object The Ascent of the Great Montgolfier Balloon Object One of Blanchard's Experimental Balloons Object Aeronautics. Mr Sadler's Car Object New Hungerford Market, London Object The Ascent of the Royal Nassau Balloon from Vauxhall and The Fatal Descent of the Parachute Object The Royal Nassau Balloon Object View of the Ascent of Mr. Lunardi's Celebrated Air Balloon Object Apparatus for Filling M. Lunardi's balloon Object Apparatus for Filling M. Lunardi's Balloon Object The Tower & Preparation of the Fireworks, with the Balloon in the Park Object Print, Etching on Paper Object Monument of the Unfortunate Pilatre de Rozier and Romain Object The New London Bridge as it Appeared at the Opening by His Majesty William 4th. Augt. 1 1831 Object The Fortress Object Jubilee in St. James Park Object The First Carriage, the Ariel Object Garnerin Object An Exact Representation of the First Aerial Ship the Eagle Object Dover Castle Object Sir George Cayley's Projected Balloon, 1816 Object John Sheldon Esqr. Object Vincent Lunardi Object Jean Pierre Blanchard Object Selected filters: Topic: Art Place: United Kingdom Clear All