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- Creator:
- Nixon, John, -1818, attributed name
- Published / Created:
- [23 December 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.12.23.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A balloon about to rise from the ground encircled by three tiers of galleries or narrow platforms, protected by railings. Behind the railings sit the passengers. In the highest tier are three ladies notorious at that time for their amours ...: Grace ...
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Decr. 23, 1783, by Wm. Wells, No. 132 Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Elliott, Grace Dalrymple, -1823, Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800, Worsley, Seymour Dorothy, Lady, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Pius VI, Pope, 1717-1799, Graham, James, 1745-1794, Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797, House, Samuel, -1785, Katterfelto, Gustavus, -1799, and St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Monument, The (London, England), Beer, Balloons (Aircraft), Cats, Devil, Drinking vessels, Mistresses, Politicians, Quacks, Ropes, Scepters, Telescopes, Wash tubs, and Knives
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The aerostatick stage balloon Setts out from Swan with two Necks Lad Lane every Monday Morg. / [graphic]