A balloon ascending carrying Robert Cocking with his parachute; Robert Cocking; the parachute descending and about to crash at Lee in London. Coloured lithograph.

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A balloon ascending carrying Robert Cocking with his parachute; Robert Cocking; the parachute descending and about to crash at Lee in London. Coloured lithograph. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London (96 Cheapside) : G. Tregear ([London] (202 High Holborn) : Printed by W. Clark)

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1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 18.5 x 34.6 cm

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The Nassau balloon with the parachute as it ascended. Mr. Cocking. The parachute as it descended by which Mr. Cocking lost his life July 24th 1837.

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Wellcome Collection 36318i

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