Ascend Collection

Mr. Sadlers Ascent from Merton Fields, Oxford
James Sadlers ascent from Merton Fields, Oxford on 7th July 1810. Sadler became the first Englishman to ascend in a balloon (the first English Aeronaut) on 4th October 1784 from Christ Church Meadow

Balloon event, Charles Green, Stowmarket
Charles Green ballooning poster, advertising his 413rd ascent, from the Vicarage Grounds, Stowmarket in his Royal Victoria Balloon

Winching men up from the coalface - Wales. Note the Davy lamp hanging off the belt of the man in the centre. Date: circa 1910s

Italian Alpini climbing Monte Adamello
Italian Alpini troops forming a zig-zag line as they ascend Monte Adamello during their Alpine struggle against the Austrians in World War I

The Barbarine - first climbed 1905 - Germany
The Barbarine - the best-known, free-standing rock formation in the German part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. The pinnacle is the symbol of Saxon Switzerland

Cheltenham Balloon
Mr Green and others ascend in a balloon near the Rotunda of Montpellier Spa, Cheltenham : it will land safely at Ashton Kenes, near Cirencester

The Aerial Colossus
Plate showing The Aerial Colossus, a machine of an entire new construction now making by M. Prossor, with which he will ascend into the atmosphere when finished. 9 March 1785

Festive Nutty Squirrel 5
Festive tableau with a stuffed red squirrel about to ascend an ivy and holly berry clad tree in order to add to his winter nut hoard

Tourists at exhibition tower lift, Christchurch, New Zealand
Tourists at the foot of the exhibition tower lift, waiting to ascend, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand. Date: circa 1906-1907

TOURISTS ON THE RIGI
A party of tourists ascend the Rigi mountains near Lucerne, the ladies and children ride, while papa admires the wild flowers and porters carry the baggage. Date: 1879

CLIMBING / ALPS / SAUSSURE
De Saussure and his party ascend Mont Blanc, 1822. Date: 1822

Paragliding in the Peak District National Park, Derbyshire
A paraglider takes off from a hill in the Peak District National Park, Derbyshire. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988

Mrs. Letitia Sage, first Englishwoman to ascend in a balloon
The Parachute or a Sage Ladys Second Experiment. A rather saucy 18th century cartoon by Thomas Rowlandson which depicts Mrs. Letitia Sage, the first Englishwoman to ascend in a balloon. Date: 1785

German observation balloon near Soissons, WW1
A German observation balloon about to ascend, near Soissons, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Traveller in Switzerland
A traveller, possibly on the Grand Tour, contemplates the mountains: Ev n now, where alpine solitudes ascend, I sit me down a pensive hour to spend Date: 1800

Greens balloon ascent, Surrey Zoological Gardens

Royal Gardens, Vauxhall... grand illumination gala of 45, 400 lamps!! and day and night fete. Mr. Green will ascend, for the 283rd time, in his balloon

Switzerland - Ascending a glacier
Switzerland - Fice climbers scale a glacier Date: circa 1910s

Mexico - Ascending slopes of Popocatepetl Volcano
Amecameca, Southern Mexico - some hardy souls and their horses ascend the slopes of the Popocatepetl Volcano

Italian army aviators during Italo-Turkish War
Italian army aviators during the Italo-Turkish War (1911-12) -- the first use of aeroplanes in warfare. Captain Piazzi sits in his monoplane

King George V and the Duke of Clarence, c. 1869
Photographic portrait showing Prince George and Prince Albert Victor wearing navy uniforms, c.1869. Prince George went on to become King George V of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1865-1936)

Mountain Railway Switz
MONTE SAN SALVATORE RAILWAY No need to put on your climbing boots to ascend this mountain in Italian Switzerland - the railway will take you most of the way

Climbing : LA Meije
Two climbers are photographed as they ascend La Meije, in the Alpes Francaises

J. F. Pilatre De Rozier
JEAN-FRANCOIS PILATRE DE ROZIER French physicist and aeronaut. First human being to ascend in a balloon, with Montgolfier

LUNARDIs BALLOON 1784
Lunardi leads the first attempt to ascend in a balloon in England. He is accompanied by Madame Sage and Chevalier Biggin

40S Two-Piece Costume
A young lady about to ascend the ladder to the diving board wears a striking two-piece swim-suit in black & white, with a design of knotted ropes

Yudhishthira, the eldest of the Pandava brothers, after passing a series of tests becomes the only mortal to ascend to heaven in his mortal form

Passenger Lift
This 170-metre passenger lift enables tourists to ascend the Burgenstock, on the Vierwaldstallersee, without the effort of climbing

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