Lunardi Collection

LUNARDIs ASCENT 1784
Vincenzo Lunardi makes the first ascent into English airspace, shortly after the first ascent in Scotland - 200, 000 watch him

Lunardis Second Balloon
Vincent Lunardi makes his second ascent, from St Georges Fields, London

Balloon test flight by Vicente Lunardi (1754-1806)
History of Air Transport. 18th century. Balloon test flight by Vicente Lunardi (1754-1806) before King Charles IV and the entire royal family, on January 8, 1793. Etching on paper by Jose Rodriguez

Balloon ascent of Vicente Lunardi (1754-1806) on the Buen Retiro, August 12, 1792. Etching on paper, circa 1793. History Museum. Madrid. Spain

AUX TROIS QUARTIERS 1909
Ladies in fashionable hobble skirts, one wears a coatee or spencer with Directoire collar & lapels & a blouse with a ruff. She also wears a large hat not unlike a Lunardi. Date: 1909

George Biggin, Letitia Sage and Vincenzo Lunardi
Lithograph of George Biggin, Letitia Sage and Vincenzo Lunardi ascending from St Georges Fields, London, 29 June 1785 (Cuthbert-Hodgson Collection)

Costume: Lunardi Hat
Masculine influenced double- breasted jacket with large lapels; large gauze & wire framed hat (balloon or Lunardi hat); simple white muslin dress with sash... Date: 1787 - 1792

Vincenzo Lunardi - 1
VINCENZO LUNARDI Italian aviator who made many balloon ascents in England. Date: 1759 - 1806

Vincenzo Lunardi - 2
VINCENZO LUNARDI Italian aviator who made many balloon ascents in England. Date: 1759 - 1806

Lunardi ascending from the Artillery Ground Moorfields
Lunardi ascending from the Artillery Ground, Moorfields, September 15 1784 in the presence of 150, 000 spectators. After a passage of 3 hours and 40 minutes he safely alighted near Ware

Lunardi Balloon
Plate showing Representatn of Mr Lunardi making an Experiment on the Thames of his invention to save persons from drowning

Plate from An Account of the First Aerial Voyage in England, in a series of Letters to his Guardian, Chevalier Gerardo Compagni, by Vincent Lunardi published in London in 1784

An Account of the Aerial Voyages in Scotland
Plate from An Account of the Aerial Voyages in Scotland, in a series of Letters to his Guardian, Chevalier Gerardo Compagni, by Vincent Lunardi published in London in 1786

Mr Lunardis Account of his Ascension
Plate from Mr Lunardis Account of his Ascension and Aerial Voyage from the New Fort, Liverpool, on Wednesday the 20th July, 1785, by Vincent Lunardi

Hot-air balloon piloted by Lunardi, which took of from Buen Retiro Gardens on 12th August 1792 in the presence of Ferdinand VII of Spain. Engraving. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library

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

Lunardis Grand Air Balloon which ascended from the Artillery Ground, London, and descended at Ware, Hertfordshire. With an inset portrait and numbered annotations. 15 September 1784

Lunardi air balloon in London
Lunardis celebrated air balloon in London. August 1784

Lunardi in a balloon
Lunardis Grand Air Balloon, engraved for the Aerostatic Spy 1 April 1785. Probably depicting his flight from the Artillery Grounds to Ware in Hertfordshire on 15 September 1784. 1785

Lunardi ascent from Artillery Grounds
Lunardis ascent from the Artillery Grounds in Moorfields, London. He landed at Ware, Hertfordshire, 20 miles away. 15 September 1784

Balloons and ballooning scenes

Lunardis balloon ascent from Artillery Ground
Lunardis balloon ascent from the grounds of the Honourable Artillery Company, making him the first Aerial Traveller in the English Atmosphere. With crowds of spectators. 15 September 1784

Lunardis second Grand Air Balloon
Mr Lunardis second Grand Air Balloon, in which he ascended from the Artillery Ground on 13 May, and with Mr Biggin and Mrs Sage from St Georges Fields on 29 June. May-June 1785

Three passengers in a balloon
Vincent Lunardi, George Biggin and Mrs Sage in balloon cage. 1785

Lunardis balloon spectators
Lower half of a picture entitled Lunardis Balloon, showing a crowd of spectators standing in a circle -- the balloon is presumably in the sky above them. circa 1780s

Lunardis balloon, Pantheon
Lunardis balloon, exhibited in the Pantheon, Oxford Street, London. 1784

Mr Biggin and Mrs Sage in Lunardis balloon
Mr Biggin and Mrs Sage going up from St Georges Field in Lunardis balloon, 29 June 1785. June 1785

Lunardis new balloon
Lunardis New Balloon, with vignettes depicting its making, filling, ascending, at its height, and descending. 1785

Lunardis balloon (bearing a lion and unicorn royal crest) and car containing three people. 1785

Dn. Vicente Lunardi, vive en el Coliseo del Buen Retiro. Print shows banner with name of Italian balloonist Vincent Lunardi; includes figure playing a drum and two others dancing

Mrs. Sage, the first English female aerial traveller, who ascended with Mr. Biggin in Mr. Lunardis balloon, from St. Georges Fields, June 29th, 1785

The English balloon and appendages in which Mr. Lunardi ascended into the atmosphere from the artillery ground, Sepr. 15, 1784

Vincent Lunardi Esqr. secretary to the late Neapolitan ambassador, first aerial traveller in England. An honorary member of the Honble

Vincent Lunardi, Esqr. his dog & his cat Vincent Lunardi, E
Vincent Lunardi, Esqr. his dog & his cat. Half-length portrait of Italian balloonist Vincent Lunardi, shown with his pets and tribute verse below the image. Date Novr. 1st, 1784

Globo aerostatico di diametro pal. 40. Romani inalzato in Rom
Globo aerostatico di diametro pal.40. Romani inalzato in Roma dal Sigr. Vincenzo Lunardi nell Anfiteatro Correa il di 8 luglio 1788

Il Capitano Vincenzo Lunardi, nato in Lucca li 3 gennajo 1759, che esequi il suo XIII viaggio, aereo in Napoli li 13 settembre 1789. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Italian balloonist Vincent Lunardi

Vincente Lunardi ascending from the Royal Palace, Madrid, January 8, 1793 with royal coat-of-arms hanging from the gondola; Lunardis second balloon ascension in Spain

This ticket will admit one person into the... on the day of Mr. Lunardis ascension, price three shillings. Admission ticket to one of Vincent Lunardi early balloon ascensions, probably from London

Rto. del Capitan dn. Vincente Lunardi. Nacio en Lucca el dia 11 de enero de 1759... Head-and-shoulders portrait of Italian balloonist Vincent Lunardi

Vincenzo Lunardi
VINCENZO LUNARDI Italian Diplomat who piloted the first balloon flight in England in 1783 at Moorfields in London. Balloon later exhibited at the Pantheon

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

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