Dover Castle

Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834; Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/193027
Date
1789
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Engraving depicting the January 1, 1785 balloon ascent of Jean-Pierre Francois Blanchard and Dr. John Jeffries off a cliff top by Dover Castle, across the English Channel to Calais.
 
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Dover Castle (Dover, England), Ballooning -- Accidents, Cliffs, Castles, Crowds, Ballooning, Jeffries, John, 1745-1819, Blanchard, Jean-Pierre, 1753-1809
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