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  • A classical courtyard filled with natural philosophers, scientists and artists. Engraving after S. Le Clerc.
  • A large balloon is hanging over the old town hall at Calais preparing for take-off. Coloured wood engraving.
  • 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.
  • Crowds of people are watching in the streets as a balloon leaves the ground. Coloured etching after Char. de Lovinier.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Commedia dell'arte characters are raising a balloon by having it pulled by horses. Coloured etching, ca. 1785.
  • 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.
  • Ballooning: four figures. Coloured engraving by Garner.
  • A balloon ascending carrying Robert Cocking with his parachute; Robert Cocking; the parachute descending and about to crash at Lee in London. Coloured lithograph.
  • James Sadler setting off on the proposed first crossing of the Irish Sea from Dublin by balloon, 1812. Watercolour.
  • A balloon race from London to Hampshire, 1880. Coloured wood engraving, 1880.
  • The balloon 'Saladin' is blown off course out to sea from Bridport. Coloured wood engraving by W. Wyllie after Captain Templer.
  • A balloon piloted by Charles Green crash-lands on Pirbright Common, Surrey, in 1852. Coloured wood engraving.
  • Captain Temple and Walter Powell M.P. in the basket of the balloon 'Saladin', 1881. Coloured wood engraving.
  • A balloon ascent by the Montgolfier brothers at Versailles in 1783 watched by a huge crowd. Coloured etching.
  • Vista from Benjamin Franklin's residence in Passy (Haute Savoie), showing a hot air ballon in full flight. Engraving with etching.
  • Three balloons travel over a polar landscape: proposed method of reaching the North Pole by J.P. Cheyne. Coloured wood engraving by C. Roberts, 1877.
  • 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.
  • Four commedia dell'arte characters are raising a balloon by winching it up with ropes. Process print.
  • Men on horseback with swords are chasing a balloon in the sky. Coloured wood engraving by Smeeton after Forrvielle.
  • The view from a balloon on a flight over southern England in 1881. Coloured wood engraving after W.B. Murray, 1881.
  • The ascent of the balloon 'Zenith' above the clouds with its three occupants (Crocé-Spinelli, Tissandier and Sivel) conducting operations, 1875. Coloured wood engraving.