Ascent Collection (page 3)

Charles Fellows with William Hawes, plants a baton on the summit of Mont Blanc, 1827. Included as an insert in A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc by Charles Fellows

The Ascent to the Palace, Jodhpur, c1880 (1905). Artist: Alexander Henry Hallam Murray
The Ascent to the Palace, Jodhpur, c1880 (1905). From The High-Road of Empire, by A. H. Hallam Murray. [John Murray, Ablemarle Street, London, 1905]

The Ascent of Vincent Lunardi, accompanied by Mrs. Sage and Mr. Biggin, 1785, (1910). Vicenzo Lunardi (1759-1806), was a pioneering Italian aeronaut, born in Lucca

Pilgrims, at end of weary ascent, in worship encircling crater of sacred Fujiyama, Japan, 1904. From The Underwood Travel Library - Japan, [Underwood & Underwood, London, New York, 1904]

Canadian official cinematographer and assistant ready to ascend in a kite balloon, c1917 (1919). From The Wonder Book of Aircraft for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward. Lock & Co

The first balloon ascent, c1785 (1919). Joseph-Michel (1740-1810) and Jacques-Etienne (1745-1799) Montgolfier developed a hot air balloon in Annonay, Ardeche, France

The Ascent, or The Morning Farewell (L?escalade, ou les adieux du matin), 1787. Artist: Philibert Louis Debucourt
The Ascent, or The Morning Farewell (L escalade, ou les adieux du matin), 1787. From The Connoisseur Vol. XXII. [Otto Limited, London, 1908-9]

Ascending a steep snowfield, Stevens Glacier, Mount Rainier, Washington, USA. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Ascending a steep snowfield, Stevens Glacier, Mount Rainier, Washington, USA. Stereoscopic card detail

Peering from the lava encrusted rim down into Mount Fujis (Fujiyama s) crater, Japan, 1904. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Pilgrims at the end of their ascent of Mount Fuji (Fujiyama), Japan, 1904. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Pilgrims at the end of their ascent of Mount Fuji (Fujiyama), Japan, 1904. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussacs hot air balloon ascent, Paris, September 1804 (1900). On this flight, French chemist and physicist Gay-Lussac (1778-1850)

First attempt by Guyton de Morveau to direct a balloon, Dijon, France, 1784 (1890s). Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau (1737-1816) was a French chemist and politician

First aerial voyage by Charles and Robert, Paris, France, 1783 (1890s). On 1 December 1783, French aeronauts Jacques Charles (1746-1823) and Noel Robert made the first manned (free flight)

First aerial voyage of Pilatre de Rozier and d Arlandes, Paris, France, 1783 (1890s). On 21 November 1783, Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier (1754-1785) and Francois Laurent d Arlandes (1742-1809)

Jacques Charles launches his first aerostat from the Champ de Mars, Paris, 1783 (1890s). French aeronauts Jacques Charles (1746-1823)

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac making a balloon ascent from Paris, 14 September 1804 (1910). On this flight, French chemist and physicist Gay-Lussac (1778-1850)

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist, physicist and balloonist, c1824. Gay-Lussac (1778-1850) investigated the behaviour of gases and developed techniques of chemical analysis

Jean Baptiste Biot and Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French scientists, 1804 (1870). Biot (1774-1864) and Gay-Lussac (1778-1850)

Experiment to calculate the speed of sound in air, Paris, 1822, (c1880). Artist: Robert Brown
Experiment to calculate the speed of sound in air, Paris, 1822, (c1880). In 1822 the French appointed a commission to find the speed of sound in air

The Ascension of Christ, c1580. Artist: Paolo Veronese
The Ascension of Christ, c1580. Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

First manned flight in a hydrogen balloon, France, 1 December 1783 (1887). French aeronauts Jacques Charles (1746-1823) and Noel Robert made the first manned (free flight)

Ascent in captive hot air balloon made by Pilatre de Rozier, Paris, 11 October 1783 (1887)
Ascent in a captive hot air balloon made by Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier in Paris, 11 October 1783 (1887). From Histoire des Ballons by Gaston Tissandier. (Paris, 1887)

First ascent of Mongolfier hot air balloon, 21 November 1783. From chromolithgotraph postcard published c1910

Jacobs Ladder from The Complete Works of Beranger, 1836. Creator: John Thompson
Jacobs Ladder from The Complete Works of Beranger, 1836

The Ascension, c. 1631. Creator: Jacques Callot
The Ascension, c. 1631

The Ascension of Christ, ca. 1750. Creator: Johann Ignatz Zimbal
The Ascension of Christ, ca. 1750

Ever on the Ascendant - John Swain & Son, Ltd. adverrtisement, 1909. Creator: Unknown
Ever on the Ascendant - John Swain & Son, Ltd. adverrtisement, 1909. From " The British Printer Vol. XXII". [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1909]

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