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dc.creatorFores, S.W.en_US
dc.creatorRowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827en_US
dc.date1794 January 1en_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-28T16:23:37Z
dc.date.available2022-01-28T16:23:37Z
dc.date.issued1794en_US
dc.identifierVBI_000039
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/193013
dc.descriptionSketch for an etching depicting the balloon ascent of Jean-Pierre Francois Blanchard and Dr. John Jeffries from a cliff top by Dover Castle, across the English Channel to Calais. A handwritten note across the bottom of the page notes the publication date as January 1, 1794, though this predates the actual event.en_US
dc.descriptionFor more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/308en_US
dc.languageengen_US
dc.rightsNo Copyright - United Statesen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/en_US
dc.subjectDover Castle (Dover, England)en_US
dc.subjectBalloon ascensionsen_US
dc.subjectCliffsen_US
dc.subjectCastlesen_US
dc.subjectBallooningen_US
dc.subjectBlanchard, Jean-Pierre, 1753-1809en_US
dc.subjectJeffries, John, 1745-1819en_US
dc.titleSketch for Dover Castleen_US
dc.typeStill Imageen_US
dc.publisher.institutionMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collectionsen_US
dc.type.genreprints (visual works)
dc.contributor.displaypublisher: Fores, S.W.; artist: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827en_US
dc.relation.referencesVBI_000053


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