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Mr. Cocking

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Name

VBI-000248-001_sv.jpg

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1.13 MB

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JPEG

Checksum (MD5)

0032cbb24200c0bebf73d4e75b770344

Date
1832-1842
Description
Lithograph in three parts depicting Robert Cocking's fatal parachute crash of July 24, 1837. A portrait of Robert Cocking at center is flanked by an image of his parachute ascending attached to the Royal Nassau Balloon on the left and the rapidly descending parachute on the right.
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Type
Still Image
Rights
No Copyright - United States
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