Descent Collection (page 4)

Balloon descent, Prairie de Nesle, France
Balloon descent of Charles and Robert onto the Prairie de Nesle, northern France, surrounded by various witnesses, including an English gentleman, Mr Fares, who was the first to greet M Charles

Balloon descent, Prairie de Billancourt, France
View of Jean-Pierre Blanchards balloon, which ascended from the Champ de Mars, Paris, and landed on the Prairie de Billancourt (on the Haute-de-Seine) later the same day. 2 March 1784

Satirical images of an Air Balloon
Set of 12 satirical images with captions of an Air Balloon, showing filling, flying, reaching the moon, coming back to earth, and bursting. 1784

Blanchard balloon ascent, Rouen, France
Third balloon ascent of Jean-Pierre Blanchard, with Mr Boby, from the old barracks at Rouen. They later descended on the Plaine de Puissanval. 18 July 1784

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

Greens balloon ascent, Surrey Zoological Gardens

Tragic parachute accident of Mr Cocking
The tragic parachute accident of Mr R Cocking. The balloon ascended 5000 feet, the parachute was detached, was found to be damaged, and Mr Cocking fell to his death. He was 61 years old. 24 July 1837

Elisa Garnerin parachute descent
Elisa Garnerin descending in a parachute, possibly into the Champ de Mars, Paris, entitled Pour la Fete Du Roy! par Elisa Garnerin. The released balloon is in the top left. early 19th century

Garnerin descending in his parachute, with his discarded balloon on the left. Claimed to be the first human being to descend from a balloon by means of a parachute (animals had previously been used)

Garnerins balloons
Five illustrations of An exact representation of M. Garnerins Balloons with an accurate view of the ascent and descent of the parachute

Balloons and ballooning scenes

Satirical cartoon, The Flight of Fashion
Satirical cartoon entitled The Flight of Fashion, with two scenes: A peep at Hop-Tons, and Grappling, Expansion, Escape, Descent, Buoyant. 1829

Satirical cartoon, Descent of the Great Balloon
Satirical political cartoon, Descent of the Great Balloon, showing ten politicians travelling in a hot-air balloon. Speech bubbles show the mens concerns about the rapid descent of the balloon

Mr Green on horseback with his balloon
Article and illustration, Ascension of Mr Green with his Balloon, on Horseback, on Tuesday from the Eagle Tavern, City Road, with an Account of his Descent at Beckenham in Kent. 1828

Descent of Montgolfier balloon
The descent of the Montgolfier balloon, landing in countryside to the consternation of local farmers. 1783

Technical illustration shows four stages of Andre Garnerin s
Technical illustration shows four stages of Andre Garnerins parachute: apparatus for inflating a balloon with hydrogen, a balloon in flight, parachute attached to ascending balloon

Cathedral at Mont St Michel, France - Detail depicting Jesus descending into hell to free the Old Testament Saints from Limbes or Limbo (the original of this oft-used term!). Date: circa 1910s

Halevy, Fromental 1799 - 1862
Jacques Francois Fromental Elie Halevy. French musician of Jewish descent and composer of some forty operas

Nikephoros II Phokas (c912 - 969 AD)
An actor dressed up as Nikephoros II Phokas (c912 - 969 AD) - Byzantine Emperor of Armenian descent - married to Theophano, who was Romanos IIs widow and was regent for Basil II

A descent in the Andes
Two men sledge down the snowy mountainside; the backseat passenger buries his head beneath his hat, too scared to watch where they are going

Corradinis Descent on Horseback, 1898
Illustration showing (Frank) Corradinis horse-riding act, which he displayed in Berlin, Paris and Copenhagen in 1898. Corradini

German Sniper in a tree, Normandy, 1944
Illustration showing a German sniper, suspended in a tree by a parachute-style attachment, taking aim at nearby Allied troops, Normandy, 1944

Cockings Parachute
Robert Cockings parachute descent above the Vauxhall Gardens, London. Dropped from Charles Greens Royal Vauxhall the inverted cone failed and Cocking hit the ground fatally

Muriel Spark
MURIEL SPARK Scottish-born writer of Jewish- Italian descent. Her novels are wryly satiric commentaries on modern life

Descent from the Cross
The body of Jesus is taken down from the Cross and laid on the shroud

J-K Huysmans / Port Contem
JORIS-KARL HUYSMANS French novelist, of Dutch descent

Joris-Karl Huysmans / Liz
JORIS-KARL HUYSMANS French novelist, of Dutch descent Date: 1848 - 1907

Arthur Honegger / Manuel
ARTHUR HONEGGER French composer of Swiss descent, member of Les Six

Evolution / Baby & Monkeys
The advent of the first human baby is celebrated by an admiring congregation of apes, who are holding a lamp to Darwins book " The Descent of Man" (1871)

Aysgarth Force, England
The river Ure makes a picturesque descent at Aysgarth Force, Wensleydale, Yorkshire

William and Mary
WILLIAM III and MARY they accessed the throne by virtue of descent - he as a grandson of Charles I, she as daughter of James II. with their autographs

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