dc.creator | Lodge, John, 1756 or 1757-1830 | en_US |
dc.creator | The European magazine, and London review: containing the literature, history, politics, arts, manners and amusements of the age (London, Printed for J. Fielding [etc., 1782]-1826) | en_US |
dc.date | 1783 December 1 | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-28T16:24:46Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-01-28T16:24:46Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1783 | en_US |
dc.identifier | VBI_000111 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/193085 | |
dc.description | Engraving made for "European Magazine" showing a group of frightened men and women, a dog and a monkey in a tree witnessing the descent of the Montgolfier balloon which carried the first live aeronauts- a rooster, a sheep and a duck. A young child looks out from a top window, and a religious figure approaches the scene carrying a bible and brandishing a crucifix. Caption beneath image: Monsier de Montgolfiers Air Balloon, after having Ascended an Amazeing heighth above the Clouds & being Carryd [sic] in the Air 45 Leagues, fell down near a Cottage, where the poor Country People were exceedinly frighten'd & Astonished, the Cock, Sheep, & the Duck came out of the Basket which had been / tyed to it, unhurt. | en_US |
dc.description | For more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/379 | en_US |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.rights | No Copyright - United States | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/ | en_US |
dc.subject | Animals | en_US |
dc.subject | Crowds | en_US |
dc.subject | Ballooning | en_US |
dc.subject | Balloons (aircraft) | en_US |
dc.title | The Descent of the Air Balloon | en_US |
dc.type | Still Image | en_US |
dc.publisher.institution | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections | en_US |
dc.type.genre | prints (visual works) | |
dc.contributor.display | artist: Lodge, John, 1756 or 1757-1830; publisher: The European magazine, and London review: containing the literature, history, politics, arts, manners and amusements of the age (London, Printed for J. Fielding [etc., 1782]-1826) | en_US |