Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10227
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‘A view from the balloon’
Date
1786
Creator
James Heath (1757 - 1834, British) , Engraver
After
Thomas Baldwin (British) , Artist
Object type
Library reference
26300
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 211mm
width (print): 140mm
width (print): 140mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Cloudscape and view of the Earth from a balloon over Chester, England. The illustration was captioned by the author: “A circular view from the balloon at its greatest elevation ...The spectator is supposed to be in the car of the balloon, suspended above the centre of the view: looking down on the amphitheatre or white floor of clouds, and seeing the City of Chester, as it appeared throu’ the opening: which discovers the landscape below...”
Plate 1 from Airopaidia: containing the narrative of a balloon excusion from Chester...by Thomas Baldwin (J.Fletcher, Chester, 1786). Inscribed above: “To face page 58 of Airopaidia”. Inscribed below: “T.Baldwin Arm. delt. et pinxt. Heath sculpt. A VIEW from the BALLOON at its GREATEST elevation see Page IIII.a. Publish’d May 1st 1786, by T.Baldwin Chester.”
Thomas Baldwin made a pioneering flight from Chester on 8 September 1785 sketching the landscape as he travelled. The balloon belonged to the Italian aeronaut Vincenzo Lunardi (1759-1806).
Plate 1 from Airopaidia: containing the narrative of a balloon excusion from Chester...by Thomas Baldwin (J.Fletcher, Chester, 1786). Inscribed above: “To face page 58 of Airopaidia”. Inscribed below: “T.Baldwin Arm. delt. et pinxt. Heath sculpt. A VIEW from the BALLOON at its GREATEST elevation see Page IIII.a. Publish’d May 1st 1786, by T.Baldwin Chester.”
Thomas Baldwin made a pioneering flight from Chester on 8 September 1785 sketching the landscape as he travelled. The balloon belonged to the Italian aeronaut Vincenzo Lunardi (1759-1806).
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