The view from a balloon on a flight over southern England in 1881. Coloured wood engraving after W.B. Murray, 1881.

  • Murray, William Bazett, active 1871-1890.
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[1881]
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36420i
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The view from a balloon on a flight over southern England in 1881. Coloured wood engraving after W.B. Murray, 1881. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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A voyage by balloon in November 1881 by Henry Coxwell and Walter Powell M.P. accompanied by the artist W.B. Murray, from Seaford westwards to Crediton, published after Powell's death in a ballooning accident on 10 December 1881

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[London] : [Illustrated London news], [1881]

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1 print : wood engraving, with watercolour ; image 30.4 x 23 cm

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Through the clouds by day and night. Getting balloon out of factory. Chimney pots and tiles -- all hailing Tunbridge Wells "all's well" Charging cumuli. Alpine cloudland. Mr Powell loq.: "Why, we seem to be in Switzerland". Solent and Isle of Wight. Approach of night.

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Wellcome Collection 36420i

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