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Image number: RS.10228
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‘The balloon over Helsbye Hill in Cheshire’
Date
1786
Creator
William Sharp (1749 - 1824, British) , Engraver
After
Thomas Stothard (1755 - 1834, British) , Illustrator
Object type
Library reference
26300
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 264mm
width (print): 166mm
width (print): 166mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Landscape showing the steep cliffs of Helsby Hill and the Mersey Estuary with the balloon piloted by Thomas Baldwin visible in a break between two clouds at the top of the image. The illustration was captioned by the author: “The balloon over Helsbye-Hill...It is seen in the South-West quarter. The view was taken in a high field, at the end of Sutton-Causeway.”
Plate 2 from Airopaidia: containing the narrative of a balloon excusion from Chester...by Thomas Baldwin (J.Fletcher, Chester, 1786). Inscribed above: “To face page 78 of Airopaidia”. Inscribed below: “R.Newton. T.Baldwin Arm. design et pinx. Stothard delin. Sharp sculps. The BALLOON over HELSBYE HILL in CHESHIRE see page IIIIb. Published 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 2 from Airopaidia: containing the narrative of a balloon excusion from Chester...by Thomas Baldwin (J.Fletcher, Chester, 1786). Inscribed above: “To face page 78 of Airopaidia”. Inscribed below: “R.Newton. T.Baldwin Arm. design et pinx. Stothard delin. Sharp sculps. The BALLOON over HELSBYE HILL in CHESHIRE see page IIIIb. Published 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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