A balloon sails over the headland and is rescued by a passing ship as it collapses. Coloured wood engraving.

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A balloon sails over the headland and is rescued by a passing ship as it collapses. Coloured wood engraving. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1 print : wood engraving, with watercolour

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The attempted balloon voyage across the Channel. Rescue of the balloon by the Calais packet as seen through a telescope.

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Wellcome Collection 36407i

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