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dc.coverage.spatialSealen_US
dc.coverage.spatialKent (county)en_US
dc.creatorUnknownen_US
dc.datec. 1825en_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-28T16:33:26Z
dc.date.available2022-01-28T16:33:26Z
dc.date.issued1821-1831en_US
dc.identifierVBI_000472
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/193446
dc.descriptionMezzotint of Cornillot's balloon just before its ascent from the village of Seal in Kent on August 23 1825. A large crowd watches the preparations, and two men [likely Cornillot and Jolliffe] are having a conversation in the foreground. Horses are being loaded with inflation devices to take from the scene. Handwritten on the second page: "Ascent of Mr. P. Cornillot / Near Dover [Gab] Kent / Aug. 23 1825." From a lithograph by Gauci."en_US
dc.descriptionFor more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/738en_US
dc.languageengen_US
dc.rightsNo Copyright - United Statesen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/en_US
dc.subjectBallooningen_US
dc.subjectBalloonistsen_US
dc.subjectlandscapes (representations)en_US
dc.subjectCrowdsen_US
dc.subjectBalloons (aircraft)en_US
dc.subjectJolliffe, Thomas R.en_US
dc.subjectCornillot, P.en_US
dc.titleCornillot's ascent at Sealen_US
dc.typeStill Imageen_US
dc.publisher.institutionMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collectionsen_US
dc.type.genreprints (visual works)


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