Images Dated 7th November 2011 (page 2)

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

Lunardis grand air balloon
Lunardis Grand Air Balloon, with inset portrait in profile. The balloon ascended from the Artillery Ground, London, on 15 September 1784, travelled for three hours, and descended near Ware

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

Fanciful balloon, La Minerve
Fanciful drawing of a balloon carrying a large ship entitled La Minerve vaisseau airien, designed by Professor Robertson. circa 18th century

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

Jean Pierre Blanchard, French balloonist
Jean Pierre Blanchard (1753-1809), French balloonist. 1785

Blanchards balloon ascent, Chelsea, London
Grand Aerostatic Balloon, in which Mr Blanchard ascended from the Royal Military Academy at Little Chelsea, London. 16 October 1784

Opening of New London Bridge
Series of coloured drawings, depicting the opening of New London Bridge by King William IV and Queen Adelaide. 1 August 1831

Satirical ballooning cartoon
Satirical cartoon: The Aerostatic Stage Balloon sets out from Swan with two necks Various passengers can be seen, sitting on three levels. They include royalty, a pope, a cardinal and a devil. 1783

Balloon ascent, Seal, near Sevenoaks, Kent

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

Balloon ascending with animal passengers
The Ascent of the Aerial Balloon. A fanciful engraving of a balloon rising with a cage full of animals (a duck, a cockerel and a lamb), with a crowd of people watching. 1783

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

Ornately decorated balloon in flight
An ornately decorated balloon in flight, possibly over Islington, North London. 1815

Garnerins balloon and parachute
Illustrated text showing designs of balloon and parachute used by Mr Garnerin to ascend from the Volunteers Parade, North Audley Street, Grosvenor Square, London

Montgolfier balloon, Gonesse, near Paris
General alarm of the inhabitants of Gonesse, near Paris, resulting from the fall of Montgolfiers air balloon. 1783

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

Wounded Austrian soldiers and their nurses, WW1
Wounded Austrian soldiers and their nurses, watched over by a portrait of Emperor Franz Josef I, during the First World War. 1914

Two young ladies with feather boas. Illustrator Anon. From a contemporary colour editorial. 1926

Fashionable women 1927. 1927

A surprised cat by g h Thompson
A surprised cat by gh Thompson. George Henry Thompson (1859-1959) specialised in illustrating humorous animals. He was also a landscape painter. This image in books and postcards by Ernest Nister

Writing in Snow
A girl writes her Christmas greetings in the snow Date: circa 1900

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