| dc.creator | Bowles & Carver | en_US |
| dc.date | c. 1784 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-28T16:30:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-01-28T16:30:35Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1779-1789 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | VBI_000386 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/193360 | |
| dc.description | Satirical print showing men in two French balloons fighting men in two English balloons. The baskets of the French balloons are boat shaped, and the English balloon baskets are rectangular. Each balloon has a flag, a sail and cannons. Beneath the image is engraved: Behold an odd Fight, two odd Nations between/ Such odd fighting as this was never yet seen/ But such fights will be common (as Dunce to feel Rod)/ In the Year of One Thousand eight Hundred and odd. | en_US |
| dc.description | For more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/652 | 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 | Battles | en_US |
| dc.subject | cannons (artillery) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Flags | en_US |
| dc.subject | Rifles | en_US |
| dc.subject | Ballooning | en_US |
| dc.title | The Battle of the Balloons | 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: Bowles & Carver | en_US |
