| dc.creator | Fores, S.W. | en_US |
| dc.date | 1784 September 23 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-28T16:27:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-01-28T16:27:02Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1784 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | VBI_000255 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/193229 | |
| dc.description | Etching depicting Vincent Lunardi's balloon ascension from the Artillery Grounds in Moorfield on September 15, 1784. Lunardi, a cat and a dog are in the basket. An oar is falling from the balloon. The caption below describes this event, the first balloon ascent in England. | en_US |
| dc.description | For more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/523 | 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 | Balloons (aircraft) | en_US |
| dc.subject | oars | en_US |
| dc.subject | Cats | en_US |
| dc.subject | Dogs | en_US |
| dc.subject | Balloonists | en_US |
| dc.subject | Balloon ascensions | en_US |
| dc.subject | Lunardi, Vincent, 1759-1806 | en_US |
| dc.title | The Enterprizing Lunardi's Grand 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 | publisher: Fores, S.W. | en_US |
