Balloon Collection (page 4)

March past, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
March past, 1941. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Packing, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Packing, 1941. Women of the Womens Auxiliary Air Force working on a barrage balloon. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

The cord, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
The cord, 1941. Women of the Womens Auxiliary Air Force working on a barrage balloon. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

The monster mastered, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
The monster mastered, 1941. Men grapple to keep a barrage balloon under control. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

The web (WaFS working on a balloon), 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
The web (WaFS working on a balloon), 1941. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Ascension of a Montgolfier balloon, late 18th century, (1910). Illustration from The Connoisseur, (August 1910). (Colorised black and white print)

Kidds Inks advert - Attract Attention, 1907. Artist: John Kidd & Co
Kidds Inks advert - Attract Attention, 1907. From The British Printer Vol. XX. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1907]

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

Making adjustments to the net of a balloon before attaching the basket, c1935 (c1937). From Wonders of World Aviation, Vol. 1, by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd, London, c1937]

Ready to test instruments for use in the attempt on the words height record in 1935 (c1937). American balloonists Orvil Arson Anderson (1895-1965) and Albert William Stevens (1886-1949)

A huge balloon was necessary for Professor Piccards ascent, c1936 (c1937).. Jean Felix Piccard (1884-1963) was a Swiss-born American chemist, engineer, professor and high-altitude balloonist

The front page of His Majestys Minesweepers, 1943. From His Majestys Minesweepers. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1943]

A Critical Moment, 1890. The descent of the great war balloon from the military exhibition. From a sketch by a passenger. An illustration from The Graphic, 19 July 1890

Vincent Lunardis Second Balloon: (May 3, 1785), 1937
Vincent Lunardis Second Balloon: May 3, 1785. Vicenzo Lunardi was a pioneering Italian aeronaut, born in Lucca. After a water-colour drawing by J. Dighton. From The Connoisseur, 1937

Observation balloon about to ascend, World War I, c1914-c1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Observation balloon about to ascend, World War I, c1914-c1918. From a box set of stereoscopic cards titled The Great War

Blanchards Balloon, 1790 (1912). Etched on metal. Jean Pierre Blanchard (1753-1809) was a prominent French pioneering balloonist

84th Battery and Balloon Corps, Boer War, South Africa, 1901. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
84th Battery and Balloon Corps, Boer War, South Africa, 1901. Troops of Field Marshal Lord Roberts army advancing towards Johannesburg. Stereoscopic card

Making gas for one of the war balloons at Slingersfontein, South Africa, Boer War, 1900. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Making gas for one of the war balloons at Slingersfontein, South Africa, Boer War, 1900. The balloons were used to observe the movements of the enemy. Stereoscopic card

Sacramento, California, 1849 (1937). Artist: Endicott & Co
Sacramento, California, 1849 (1937). From Old California, In Pictures and Story, by Stewart Edward White and published by Doubleday, Doran and Company (New York, 1937)

Lord Roberts infantry crossing the Zand river, South Africa, c1900s. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Lord Roberts infantry crossing the Zand river, South Africa, c1900s. An observation balloon watches out for Boers. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Mr Sadlers ascent with Captain Paget, 12th August 1781, (1910). The balloon flight of James Sadler, the first English aeronaut, from Mermaid Gardens, Hackney in East London, to near Tilbury Fort

The airship Graf Zepplin over London, August 1931 (1936). Built in 1928, the rigid airship Graf Zeppelin was 235 m (772 ft) long and had a gas capacity of 105, 055, 490 liters (3, 710, 000 cu ft)

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

The Return of the Balloon, Artois, France, 10 June 1915, (1926). Artist: Francois Flameng
The Return of the Balloon, Artois, France, 10 June 1915, (1926). Observation balloons were used extensively by both sides on the Western Front as a means of determining enemy positions

Launch of a hot air balloon, late 18th century, (1885). In 1783, the Montgolfier brothers, Joseph Michel and Jacques Etienne, launched the first hot air balloon, or montgolfiere in French

The balloon of Jean-Pierre Blanchard ascending from Lille on August 26, 1785, 1785. Artist: Watteau, Louis (1731-1798)
The balloon of Jean-Pierre Blanchard ascending from Lille on August 26, 1785, 1785. From a private collection

Lenormand jumps from the tower of the Montpellier observatory, 1783, 19th century. Artist: Anonymous
Lenormand jumps from the tower of the Montpellier observatory, 1783, 19th century. From a private collection

Jean Pierre Blanchard and John Jefferies arriving in Calais after crossing the English Channel in a hot air balloon, 1785. From a private collection

Barrage balloon at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, USSR, 1942. Found in the collection of the Russian State Film and Photo Archive, Krasnogorsk

Barrage balloons near Moscow, USSR, World War II, 1941. Found in the collection of the Russian State Film and Photo Archive, Krasnogorsk

The balloon Entreprenant, flown by Coutelle, at the Battle of Fleurus, 1794 (1890s). In 1794 the revolutionary Committee of Public Safety established a company of balloonists for the French Army

Transport of the balloon Entreprenant from Mauberge to Charleroi, 1794 (1890s). In 1794 the revolutionary Committee of Public Safety established a company of balloonists for the French Army

Death of Pilatre de Rozier and Romain, 1785 (1890s). In November 1783, French scientist and aeronaut Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier (1754-1785) and Francois Laurent d Arlandes (1742-1809)

Crossing of the English Channel by Blanchard and Jeffries, 1785 (1890s). Frenchman Jean Pierre Blanchard and American Dr John Jeffries made the first aerial crossing of the English Channel in a

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)

First test flight of a hot air balloon at Annonay, France, 4 June, 1783 (1890s). Enthusiastic crowds watching the first unmanned test flight by brothers Joseph Michel and Jacques Etienne Montgolfier

The Montgolfier brothers, French ballooning pioneers, (1890s). Joseph Michel (1740-1810) and Jacques Etienne Montgolfier (1745-1799)

View of the Sevres Bridge and the Hills of Clamart, Saint-Cloud and Bellevue, 1908. Artist: Henri Rousseau
View of the Sevres Bridge and the Hills of Clamart, Saint-Cloud and Bellevue, 1908. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

A French faience plate depicting Jean-Pierre Blanchards balloon trip. Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753-1809) was a French inventor, most remembered as a pioneer in aviation and ballooning

A French faience plate with aeronauts with flags, 1785. A popular painted scene was the Charles and Robert balloon, Globe

An early attempt at conquering the air, 18th century, (late 19th century).The Montgolfier brothers invented the hot air balloon, it was the first aircraft to carry humans into the sky

Balloon explosion in Hal, Belgium, 1895. Artist: Henri Meyer
Balloon explosion in Hal, Belgium, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 29th September 1895

Professor Lowes Balloon, c1859. Steamboat-powered airship for transatlantic flights. Illustration from Adventures of America, 1857-1900, by John A Kouwenhoven, published by Harper & Brothers

Song on the aerostatic sphere, 18th century. Commemorating the Montgolfier Brothers balloon experiment in the garden of M Reveillon on 19 October 1783

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