Vincent Lunardi throwing out a little ballast
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Date
1851Description
Page from "Punch" magazine with a cartoon satirizing Vincent Lunardi's first ascent in London, made on September 15, 1784. Lunardi is holding a British flag and dumping ballast out over men holding umbrellas, while men and boys hold onto ropes hanging beneath the basket of the balloon. For more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/686
Subject
Satire, cartoons (humorous images), Balloonists, Punch, Lunardi, Vincent, 1759-1806