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dc.creatorLodge, John, 1756 or 1757-1830en_US
dc.creatorThe 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.date1783 December 1en_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-28T16:24:46Z
dc.date.available2022-01-28T16:24:46Z
dc.date.issued1783en_US
dc.identifierVBI_000111
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/193085
dc.descriptionEngraving 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
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dc.languageengen_US
dc.rightsNo Copyright - United Statesen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/en_US
dc.subjectAnimalsen_US
dc.subjectCrowdsen_US
dc.subjectBallooningen_US
dc.subjectBalloons (aircraft)en_US
dc.titleThe Descent of the Air Balloonen_US
dc.typeStill Imageen_US
dc.publisher.institutionMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collectionsen_US
dc.type.genreprints (visual works)
dc.contributor.displayartist: 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


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