| dc.creator | Unknown | en_US |
| dc.date | 1784 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-28T16:25:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-01-28T16:25:22Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1784 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | VBI_000148 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/193122 | |
| dc.description | Print with an image of a balloon in the air, shaped like a jester's face with a hat on his head with the words, "The English Balloon 1784." A man in the basket holds wings and looks down on the crowd gathered below. Below the image is a satirical poem about the ballooning craze among the English upper classes. | en_US |
| dc.description | For more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/417 | 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 | Satire | en_US |
| dc.subject | Balloons (aircraft) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Poetry | en_US |
| dc.title | Since our ballooning is the ton | 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) | |
