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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 Montgolfier in the Clouds-Constructing of Air Balloons for the Grande Monarque Object Fairburn's Characters Object The Great Balloon, or Whig Aerostation Object Figurative Representation of the Late Catastrophe Object March of Intellect Object Montgolfier in the Clouds-Constructing of Air Balloons for the Grande Monarque Object The Flight of Fashion Object Rural Sports, Balloon Hunting Object Political Playbill No. 15. The First Voyage of the Aerial Ship to H--L by Steam Object The Fall of Phaeton. Blow up of the Whig club or the Majesty of the People Object A Scene in the Farce of "Lofty Projects" as performed with great success for the benefit and amusement of John Bull Object Print, Etching on Paper, Colored Object Story the Eleventh.-Ballooning Object The Reception of the Diplomation & his Suite, at the Court of Pekin Object Print, Etching on Paper Object Lamentings Heard in the Air... Object M. Garnerin Object Edward Spencer Object Charles Green Object A Consultation previous to an Aerial Voyage from London to Weilburg in Nassau on the 7th day of November 1836 Object An Air Balloon Object Aerostation Object An Exact Representation of the First Aerial Ship, The Eagle Object A Representation of M: Blanchard's Balloon, & Apparatus Object Selected filters: Place: United Kingdom