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Lunardi Collection

Background imageLunardi Collection: Aerostation out at Elbows, or The Itinerant Aeronaut, September 5, 1785

Aerostation out at Elbows, or The Itinerant Aeronaut, September 5, 1785

Background imageLunardi Collection: The interior of the Pantheon, Oxford Street, London, 1785. Artist: Francis Jukes

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

Background imageLunardi Collection: Vincenzo Lunardis balloon ascending from Artillery Ground, City Road, Finsbury, London, 1784

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

Background imageLunardi Collection: Title-Page of one of the Pamphlets written by Vincent Lunardi, 1786, (1910)

Title-Page of one of the Pamphlets written by Vincent Lunardi, 1786, (1910). Artist: Vincenzo Lunardi
Title-Page of one of the Pamphlets written by Vincent Lunardi, 1786, (1910). Vicenzo Lunardi (1759-1806) was a pioneering Italian aeronaut, born in Lucca

Background imageLunardi Collection: Vincent Lunardis Second Balloon: (May 3, 1785), 1937

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

Background imageLunardi Collection: The Enterprizing Lunardis Grand Air Ballon, 1784

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

Background imageLunardi Collection: Fowls of a Feather Flock together; a group of aeronauts, c1785

Fowls of a Feather Flock together; a group of aeronauts, c1785
Fowls of a Feather Flock together ; a group of aeronauts, c1785. The Italian balloonist Vincenzo Lunardi (centre) in Edinburgh for his ascent of 5th October 1785

Background imageLunardi Collection: Vincenzo Lunardi, Italian aeronaut, c1785. Artist: John Kay

Vincenzo Lunardi, Italian aeronaut, c1785. Artist: John Kay
Vincenzo Lunardi, Italian aeronaut, 1785. Lunardi made the first hydrogen balloon ascent in Britain, at Moorfields, London, on 15th September 1784

Background imageLunardi Collection: Vincenzo Lunardi, c1770

Vincenzo Lunardi, c1770, was an Italian diplomat who, on 15 September 1784, made the first British ascent in a hydrogen balloon


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