Ascent Collection (page 3)

Ascent of Mont Blanc in the Alps between France and Italy. 1834

Spain. Barcelona. Dockyards door and ascent to the wall of s
Barcelona. Dockyards door and ascent to the wall of sea. Engraving, 19th century. Drawing of G. Mosteyrin. Museum of City History. Barcelona. Spain

Roman Art. Marble sarcophagus with flying erotes holding a clipeus portrait. At the bottom, the Earth and the Ocean. Dated between 190-200. Severan period. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York

The Long Ascent - Suwa Shrine, Nagasaki, Japan Date: circa 1907

Michelin Air Prize 1911
The winners of the Michelin Special Air Prize, Eugene Renault and passenger M.Senouque, pictured above the sponsors, Andre and Edouard Michelin. Date: 7 March 1911

Cog road engine climbing Pikes Peak, Colorado, USA
Cog road engine with crew climbing Pikes Peak, a mountain in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado, USA. Date: circa 1910

Railway train ascending Pikes Peak, Colorado, USA
Railway train with sightseeing passengers, ascending Pikes Peak, a mountain in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado, USA. Date: circa 1905

Glaisher and Coxwell scientific balloon ascent, 1862
Balloon ascent by James Glaisher and Henry Coxwell in 1862 to make scientific meteorological observations. Date: 1862

Glaisher and Coxwell balloon ascent 1862
Balloon ascent by James Glaisher and Henry Coxwell in June 1862 to conduct meteorological observations. Here the balloon is above the clouds. Date: 1862

Switzerland - Rosenlaui, The Wellhorn and the Wetterhorn
Coloured lantern slide of a view across the Rosenlaui alpine valley with the mountains Wellhorn and Wetterhorn in the background. The Wetterhorn (3, 692 m), was first climbed in 1844, by Stanhope T

Locomotive balloon in Vauxhall Gardens
The locomotive balloon designed by a Mr Bell, a forerunner of the 20th century Zeppelin, which made several ascents at the famous Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens in the 1850s

Balloon ship, WW1
The balloon ship, H.M.S. " Canning" with the balloon (for observation purposes) about to make an ascent from deck. Date: 1916

Greens Ascent in his Nassau Balloon
Poster advertising Charles Greens ascent in his Nassau Balloon on October 6th 1840 from the grounds of the Commercial Gas Company, Ben Jonsons Fields, Stepney Date: 1840

British RFA kite balloon, Western Front, WW1
A British RFA (Royal Field Artillery) kite balloon, used for observation on the Western Front in France during World War One

Packers ascending summit of Chilkoot Pass, Alaska, USA
Packers ascending the summit of Chilkoot Pass, Alaska, USA, important during the Klondike Gold Rush. Date: 1890s

Balloon ascent from the Tuilieries Gardens, Paris
Second balloon ascent, made from the Tuileries Gardens by Charles and Robert, watched by a crowd of spectators. Date: 1 December 1783

Balloon built at Versailles
A balloon built at Versailles, France, and put on display there on a platform. It was 60 feet high and 40 feet in diameter, in blue and gold material

Ornate balloon ascending, Paris
A large, ornate Montgolfier balloon ascending over Paris, with two passengers (probably Andre Giroud de Villette and Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier). With people on the launch site below

Balloon ascent from St Cloud, Paris
Second balloon ascent by the Robert brothers and two others from the Parc de St Cloud, Paris. They descended not far away, in the Parc de Meudon, near the Etang de la Garenne. Date: 15 July 1784

Montgolfier balloon in flight over Lyons, France
Third balloon ascent in Lyons, France, under the direction of Joseph de Montgolfier, showing the balloon known as Le Flesselle in flight above the city. Date: 19 January 1784

Ascent of the Nassau Balloon at Vauxhall Gardens, London, 18
Engraving showing a Nassau balloon flight at Vauxhall Gardens, London, in June 1850. Date: 29 June 1850

Ascent of M. Delemarne in L Esperance
Poster advertising the ascent of M. Delemarne The Aerial Vessel Sailing Balloon! " L Esperance", Cremorne Gardens, August 7th 1865 Date: 1865

Mr. and Madame Garnerin. Date: 1802

The Gondola of Auguste Piccard
The Gondola of Prof. Auguste Piccard and Monsieur Cosyns used for the second ascent into the stratosphere on August 18th, 1932. The maximum height reached was 16, 940 metres (10 1/2 miles)! Date: 1932

Piccard ascent failure September 1930
Piccard ascent failure, September 1930. Date: 1930

Piccard ready for the ascent 1931-1932
Piccard ready for the ascent, 1931-1932. Date: 1931

Piccards balloon ready for its first ascent

The ascent of the Thrasher Cove Common
The ascent of the Thrasher, Cove Common, 28 May 1907. Date: 1907

Ascent from the Tuilleries Garden of Charles and Robert
Ascent from the Thuilleries Garden of Charles and Robert 1 December 1783. [Cuthbert-Hodgson Collection]

The city of Paris during the same ascent (Charles & Robert)
Ascent from the Thuilleries Garden of Charles and Robert 1 December 1783. [Cuthbert-Hodgson Collection] - Another view over the city of Paris during the same ascent

Charles Greens 100th ascent
Watercolour of Charles Greens 100th ascent from the Mermaid Tavern Hackney, 14 May 1832. [Cuthbert-Hodgson Collection]

James Sadlers ascent
Hand-coloured etching and aquatint of James Sadlers ascent from Merton Fields, Oxford, 7 July 1810 [Cuthbert-Hodgson Collection]

William Elmes Prime Bang Up at Hackney [Caricature of Sadlers Eighteenth Ascent form the gardens of the Mermaid Tavern, Hackney. 12 August, 1811]. [Cuthbert-Hodgson Collection]

The Ascent of the Aerial Balloon
Plate showing The Ascent of the Aerial Balloon

Plate of Mr James Deekers ascent at Norwich
Plate of Mr James Deekers ascent, Norwich, 1785

Aerial view of Battersea
This photograph was taken just after the ascent and the oval grass patch to the right of the three gasometers shows the mat from which the balloon rose

Ascent of the Drakensberg March 31, 1869
6.30am-sunrise light from right, green hills, warm lights, deep shadows and rolling mist. Sketch 4 from a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines (1859-1871)

John of the Cross, Saint (1542-1591). Spanish religious man and mystic writer. Ascent of Mount Carmel. Edition

CARNICERO, Antonio (1748-1814). The Ascent of the Montgolfier Balloon at Aranjuez. 1792. It is supposed to be Vicente Lunardis ascent in the Retiro. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Madrid. Prado Museum

CARNICERO, Antonio (1748-1814); CARNICERO, Antonio (1748-1814). The Ascent of the Montgolfier Balloon at Aranjuez; The

Blanchards balloon ascent, Little Chelsea

Balloon ascent by Blanchard, Champ de Mars, Paris
Balloon ascent by Jean-Pierre Blanchard from the Champ de Mars, Paris, with Pere Dont-Pecque (Dom Pech, a Benedictine monk). 2 March 1784

Balloon ascent of Lunardi, Artillery Ground
Ascent of Lunardis celebrated air balloon from the Artillery Ground, London, watched by spectators. 15 September 1784

Balloon ascent over Lyons, France
Balloon ascent over Lyons. The Balloon, known as Le Flesselle, contained Montgolfier the elder, Pilatre de Rosier, Prince Charles de Ligne, Le Comte de la Porte d Anglefort, Le Comte de Laurencin

Balloon event, Charles Green, Leicester
Charles Green ballooning poster, advertising his 411th ascent in his Royal Victoria Balloon, from the Cricket Ground, Leicester. With special trains laid on from nearby cities. 27 June 1849

Balloon event, Charles Green, Macclesfield
Charles Green ballooning poster advertising his 74th ascent, under the patronage of the Mayor and Magistrates, from the Gas Works near Waters Green, Macclesfield

Balloon event, Charles Green, Chichester
Charles Green ballooning poster advertising his 25th ascent in the Coronation Balloon under the patronage of the Mayor, from the Gas Works, Chichester. 9 November 1824

Montgolfier balloon ascent, Versailles

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