Hot Air Balloon Collection (page 3)

Balloons Over Piccadilly, 1842, (1920)
Balloons Over Piccadilly, 1842, 1920. From Londoners Then and Now As Pictured By Their Contemporaries, edited by Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1920]

Opening of New Hungerford Market, July 2nd, 1833, (1920)
Opening of New Hungerford Market, July 2nd, 1833, 1920. From Londoners Then and Now As Pictured By Their Contemporaries, edited by Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1920]

The re-opening of Hungerford Market, Westminster, London, 1833. Scene showing the ascent of Mr Graham in his hot air balloon

Hot air balloon ascending over Surrey Zoological Gardens, Southwark, London, 1838. Spectators watch from the ground

Hot air balloon in the courtyard of Burlington House, Piccadilly, Westminster, London, 1814
View of the courtyard of Burlington House, Piccadilly, Westminster, London, 1814, showing the ascent of Mr James Sadler and Miss Thompson in a hot air balloon, surrounded by a crowd of spectators

The interior of the Pantheon, Oxford Street, London, 1785. Artist: Francis Jukes
The interior of the Pantheon, Oxford Street, London, 1785. A view of the interior of the Pantheon, showing Mr Lunardis Balloon as exhibited in 1784

Opening of London Bridge (New), London, 1831
View of the opening of new London Bridge by William VI and Queen Adelaide, August 1st, 1831; with crowds watching ceremonial barges pass beneath the bridge, which is bedecked with flags

Greenwich, London, c1845. Artist: Jules Louis Arnout
View of Greenwich, London from a hot air balloon, 1845; with the River Thames on the right

Vincenzo Lunardis balloon ascending from Artillery Ground, City Road, Finsbury, London, 1784
City Road, Finsbury, London, 1784; scene of Vincenzo Lunardis balloon ascending from Artillery Ground, with crowds watching below

Opening of London Bridge, 1831. Artist: James Catnach
View of the opening of London Bridge in 1831 with the royal procession in boats on the River Thames and a hot air balloon in the sky. Beneath this view is text on the entertainment arrangements

View of the opening of London Bridge, 1831. With the royal procession in boats on the River Thames and a hot air balloon in the sky. Beneath this view is text on the entertainment arrangements

Vista del globo aereostatico que se hecho ante sus magesta des y su real familia en el qual fue Dn. Vicente Lunardi el dia 8 de enero de 1793 … pub. 1793 (engraving)

Three men in a Hot Air Balloon, 1800s
Three men in a Hot Air Balloon, pub. 1800s (lithograph)

Le Tricolore, 1874
Le Tricolore, publ. 1874 (colour lithograph)

Panoramic Viewing Platform using a Hot Air Balloon, c. 1880
Panoramic Viewing Platform using a Hot Air Balloon, pub. C. 1880 (b/w engraving)

Het Jaar 1804!!!, 1794
Het Jaar 1804!!!, published 1794 (hand-coloured engraving)

View Taken from Under the Hampstead Road Bridge, looking towards the station at Euston Square, published 1837 (hand coloured engraving)

Le Pont-Au-Change (2nd State, 6 1 / 8 x 13 1 / 16 Inches), 1854, (1927). Artist: Charles Meryon
Le Pont-Au-Change (2nd State, 6 1/8 x 13 1/16 Inches), 1854, (1927). From Masters of Etching: Charles Meryon - No. 14. [The Studio, London, 1927]

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

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

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

A corner of a hot air balloon factory, London, c1903 (1903). From Living London, Vol. III, by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1903]

Fete Du Sacre Et Couronnement De Leurs Majestes Imperiales, c1804. Artists: Marchand, Otto Limited
Fete Du Sacre Et Couronnement De Leurs Majestes Imperiales, c1804. An etching depicting festivities at the coronation of Emperor Napoleon I, 2nd December 1804. A view from the Place de la Concorde

Vent Contraire, c19th century. A French satire on British counter-measures to possible hot-air balloon attacks from across the English Channel. From The Studio Volume 122

Sadler over the Lighthouse, Dublin, 19th century. Artist: Robert Havell
Sadler over the Lighthouse, Dublin, 19th century. William Windham Sadler (1796-1824), balloonist and gas engineer. This picture shows sadler over the lighthouse in Dublin, on 24th July 1817

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

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)

The Enterprizing Lunardis Grand Air Ballon, 1784
The Enterprizing Lunardis Grand Air Ballon. which took its flight from the Artillery Ground September 15th, 1784. Amidst the acclamations of 300, 000 spectators

The Battle of Paardeberg, South Africa, Second Anglo-Boer War, February 1900. Artist: Richard Knotel
The Battle of Paardeberg, South Africa, Second Anglo-Boer War, February 1900

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

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)

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)

Departure of a balloon from Paris on 27th June 1783, (1901). Illustration published in, Le Petit Journal, 20th January 1901

Hot air baloons crossing the Sahara desert, 1903. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 25th January 1903

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

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

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)

Battle of Fleurus, 16 June 1794 (19th century). Artist: Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse
Battle of Fleurus, 16 June 1794 (19th century). Marshal Jean Baptiste Jourdan (1762-1833), mounted on the grey horse, commanding the French army to victory against the Austrians

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

American Balloon; American Playing Cello; Bamboo, 10th month, 1861

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