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  • St. James's Park: people boating on the lake which has marquees with flags flying on its banks, a hot-air balloon flies overhead. Engraving, 1814.
  • Roundhay Park, Leeds: the balloon 'Roundhay' flies above the park; a paddle-steamer takes passengers across the lake; in the foreground, a cascade. Coloured lithograph.
  • Balloon flower or Chinese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus (Jacq.) A.DC): flowering stem with separate fruiting stem and flowers. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • A flying boat devised by Franciscus Lana, with sails and balloons attached to it, and with three men as passengers. Engraving after J.C. Sturm, 1789.
  • The balloon "Royal Victoria" being launched at night by Charles Green at Vauxhall Gardens, London, watched by crowds of people. Wood engraving by Dalziel Brothers, 1878.
  • Two balloons in the air over boats in the water to which lines are attached from an anchoring system on the sea bed. Coloured wood engraving.
  • A balloon has descended on a village, much to the consternation of the inhabitants: a sheep is climbing out of the basket. Engraving by J. Lodge.
  • The evolution of a monkey into a boy and a balloon into a cage for a parrot; representing Darwin's theories. Wood engraving after C. Bennett, 1863.
  • James Sadler setting off on the proposed first crossing of the Irish Sea from Dublin by balloon, 1812; with details of the hydrogen barrels and equipment. Engraving.
  • A hydrogen balloon has landed at Nesles-la-Vallée in 1783: mounted men ride to greet the balloonists, others gather to watch. Coloured etching by T. Sergent.
  • A large balloon representing the British national debt placed on top of the Stock Exchange in London. Aquatint by F. Jukes after Elizabeth Henrietta Phelps after William Phelps.
  • Men and dogs in an arctic landscape with three hot-air balloons: proposed method of reaching the North Pole by J.P. Cheyne. Coloured wood engraving by C. Roberts.
  • Ascending and descending: (above) people in a balloon; (below) people seated in a rotunda around a pool and in danger of falling into the water. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1842.
  • Honourable Artillery Company ground, London: people gather in the streets and on roof tops to watch the Lunardi hydrogen balloon going over their heads in the sky, 1784. Process print.
  • A voluminous woman crossing a bush in a circle of foliage to get to a latrine; perhaps representing Garnerin's London balloon flights of the time. Etching by J. Gillray, 1802.
  • Men and women with telescopes, gyroscopes, a balloon, battle ships, and other forms of technology; representing the benefits of philosophy and science. Engraving by E. Voysard after C.L. Desrais.
  • William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville, dispensing Roman Catholic tracts from a balloon to the people of Oxford; representing his installation as Chancellor of Oxford University. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1810.
  • A man in shorts and safety helmet holds several balloons bearing the slogan 'Sydney Safe Sex Zone'; a message for the gay male community from the AIDS Council of New South Wales. Colour lithograph.
  • A man in shorts and safety helmet holds several balloons bearing the slogan 'Sydney Safe Sex Zone'; a message for the gay male community from the AIDS Council of New South Wales. Colour lithograph.
  • People using advanced materials and modes of transport in the year 2000, some travelling in hot-air balloons, some with their own wings, and some in carriages running on steam. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1834.
  • Air balloon : at Mr. Patterson's Great Room, no. 6, King-Street, Covent-Garden on Monday, the 1st of December, and every evening during the week, will be delivered a lecture on air / by J. Dinwiddie.
  • A fox ascends in a balloon, descends into a pit and walks off arm in arm with Lord North; representing Charles James Fox's coalition with Lord North under pressure from William Pitt the younger. Coloured etching, 1783.
  • A crowd of people including men wearing t-shirts bearing the logo '10 Years On Keep It Up!', with balloons and statistics for AIDS in New Zealand in 1993; advertisement celebrating the 10th year of the New Zealand AIDS Foundation. Colour lithograph, 1993.
  • An iced cake bearing the number '25th' is lit with a candle with a party hat and a balloon tied to a chair with the words 'AIDS is no party'; a warning to practice safe sex and use condoms with information on the AIDS Hotline in Hawaii. Colour lithograph.
  • A group of youths dancing in a line against a backdrop of graffiti illustrations relating to youth culture including a condom balloon and a burger; an advertisement for a concert in Bordeaux in aid of Journée Mondiale de Lutte Contre de SIDA by CACIS, Centre Social, Bordeaux . Colour lithograph.
  • An iced cake bearing the number '25th' is lit with a candle with a party hat and a balloon tied to a chair with the words 'AIDS is no party'; a warning to practice safe sex and use condoms with information on the AIDS Hotline in Hawaii. Colour lithograph.
  • The yellow silhouettes of a man and woman holding on to a group of condoms blown up as balloons, one bearing the advert for 'Trust Bào Dàm an Toàn'; above a green world bearing the words 'HIV-AIDS'; a safe sex advertisement to prevent AIDS by V. Thuyêt. Colour lithograph ca. 1996.
  • A fist punches out of a blue balloon bearing the words 'Jr. Hat2' with a personified smiling condom at the centre and a young man wearing a striped jumper in the background; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement for the People with HIV Network. Colour lithograph by Fumi Ikegami, ca. 1990's.
  • A child's drawing of a smiling figure wearing a hat and appearing to hold numerous balloons beneath a personified sun and grass littered with red flowers; an illustration by Vasna [?] representing an advertisement for an information helpline for children with HIV by Poenki vzw - Positief en Kind [[HIV] Positive and Child]. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • A man holding a bunch of condoms as balloons as another man with a heart above his head does a double take at a glamorous woman passing by above; with diagrams on how AIDS is not contracted along the bottom; an advertisement for safe sex by the OFfice of Federal Health and Swiss AIDS Foundation. Colour lithograph by Birez [?].