Balloon Collection (page 5)

An engraving depicting the Assan balloon passing over Liege at night, 19th century
5311385 An engraving depicting the Assan balloon passing over Liege at night, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1866); Universal History Archive/UIG

Engraving depicting a man having difficulties during a balloon flight, 19th century
5308858 Engraving depicting a man having difficulties during a balloon flight, 19th century; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a man having difficulties during a balloon flight)

The crowd watching the rise of a hot air balloon in Philadelphia in the 1850s
NWI4952726 The crowd watching the rise of a hot air balloon in Philadelphia in the 1850s. Colour engraving after a 19th century illustration.; (add.info)

Woman in balloon-seller costume, la merchant de balloons, with hoop skirt decorated with balloons
FLO4684629 Woman in balloon-seller costume, la merchant de balloons, with hoop skirt decorated with balloons. Lithograph by unknown artist with stencil handcolouring from " Nos Travestis"

The ascent of M Poitevin
3586008 The ascent of M Poitevin; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the ascent of M. Poitevin. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Charles Green's balloon being towed up the River Thames
3586003 Charles Green's balloon being towed up the River Thames; (add.info.: Illustration depicting Charles Green's balloon being towed up the River Thames)

Vienna world's fair, 1873
1574241 Vienna world's fair, 1873; (add.info.: Print for the Vienna world's fair shows head and shoulders portrait of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, in uniform)

Joseph Eustace Croce-Spinelli, 1875
1574479 Joseph Eustace Croce-Spinelli, 1875; (add.info.: Joseph Eustace Croce-Spinelli (1845-1875), killed in a ballooning accident, 15 April 1875.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Prussian Uhlans chasing a balloon which had escaped from the besieged city of Paris
530565 Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Prussian Uhlans chasing a balloon which had escaped from the besieged city of Paris. Wood engraving, 1881.; Universal History Archive/UIG

Humorous print of a circus performer on an outdoor stage shooting at a balloon, labelled L'Opinion
528675 Humorous print of a circus performer on an outdoor stage shooting at a balloon, labelled L'Opinion, as a man leaps from the gondola and a woman clings to a rope, 1870-1900

Ascent in captive hot air balloon made by Francois Pilatre de Rozier (1754-85) in Paris, 11 October 1783
535279 Ascent in captive hot air balloon made by Francois Pilatre de Rozier (1754-85) in Paris, 11 October 1783, 1887 (engraving); (add.info.: From Gaston Tissandier Histoire des Ballons, Paris)

The Californian Balloon Railway, a novel way of travelling to the Californian Gold Rush
533989 The Californian Balloon Railway, a novel way of travelling to the Californian Gold Rush. Cartoon from Punch London 1849

Inflating balloon with hydrogen, produced by covering barrels of iron filings with sulphuric acid
533620 Inflating balloon with hydrogen, produced by covering barrels of iron filings with sulphuric acid and feeding gas into balloon

Windham William Sadler
5312097 Windham William Sadler; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Windham William Sadler (1796-1824) making a balloon ascent from fields near Merton College

Francois Laurent le Vieux d'Arlandes and Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier in their Montgolfier balloon
5308095 Francois Laurent le Vieux d'Arlandes and Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier in their Montgolfier balloon.; (add.info)

The Montgolfier brothers making a hot-air balloon ascent
5308094 The Montgolfier brothers making a hot-air balloon ascent.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Montgolfier brothers making a hot-air balloon ascent at Versailles in front of the French royal)

19th-century illustration showing magnesium rockets used to launch a toy balloon at Crystal Palace London 1868
5310714 19th-century illustration showing magnesium rockets used to launch a toy balloon at Crystal Palace London 1868; (add.info.: Date: 1868); Universal History Archive/UIG

A lady summoning a servant with a bell
5310171 A lady summoning a servant with a bell; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a lady summoning a servant by means of a bell)

Engraving depicting Henry Tracey Coxwell's captive balloon, fitted with a semaphore system
5308905 Engraving depicting Henry Tracey Coxwell's captive balloon, fitted with a semaphore system, being used by the British Army; (add.info)

List of balloons released from Paris during the siege of 1870-1871
LSE4110400 List of balloons released from Paris during the siege of 1870-1871; Musee de la Poste, Paris, France; (add.info)

Freedom Is In The Air
Lucie Gagnon

Journalist Joseph Eustache Croce Spinelli (1845-1875), naval officer Henri Theodore Sivel (1834-1875)
ELD4951030 Journalist Joseph Eustache Croce Spinelli (1845-1875), naval officer Henri Theodore Sivel (1834-1875), and French author and scientist Gaston Tissandier (1843-1899)

Portrait of Jean Francois Pilatre de Rosier, 1880 (engraving)
ELD4837803 Portrait of Jean Francois Pilatre de Rosier, 1880 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: Portrait of Jean Francois Pilatre de Rosier (1757-1785)

Meteorologists, Glaisher and Coxvell making a scientific balloon ascent to make various observations
5616709 Meteorologists, Glaisher and Coxvell making a scientific balloon ascent to make various observations; (add.info.: Meteorologists)

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): demonstration, balloon ride, 1900
LUX4788101 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): demonstration, balloon ride, 1900; (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): demonstration, balloon ride, 1900); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Camille Vert's Flying Fish balloon
3732659 Camille Vert's Flying Fish balloon; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Camille Vert's Flying Fish balloon, powered by a small steam engine)

Henry Badgley's air-ship
3732865 Henry Badgley's air-ship; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Henry Badgley's air-ship. A novel machine intended for aerial navigation, invented by Mr)

A balloon house in Amsterdam
3732785 A balloon house in Amsterdam; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a balloon house in Amsterdam. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Sophie Blanchard's fatal ballooning accident
3732771 Sophie Blanchard's fatal ballooning accident; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Sophie Blanchard's fatal ballooning accident)

Jacques Charles with the help of the Robert Brothers filling his balloon with hydrogen
3732570 Jacques Charles with the help of the Robert Brothers filling his balloon with hydrogen; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Jacques Charles)

Crowds gathered to watch the release of the first successful hydrogen filled balloon
3732569 Crowds gathered to watch the release of the first successful hydrogen filled balloon; (add.info.: Crowds gathered, in the Champs de Mars)

Guile's plan for a balloon
3732731 Guile's plan for a balloon; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Guile's plan for a balloon. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Goutier-Grissy's method for propelling balloons
3732725 Goutier-Grissy's method for propelling balloons; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Goutier-Grissy's method for propelling balloons. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Giffard's method of anchoring a Captive balloon
3732720 Giffard's method of anchoring a Captive balloon; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Giffard's method of anchoring a Captive balloon. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Giffard's Captive hydrogen balloon
3732714 Giffard's Captive hydrogen balloon; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Giffard's Captive hydrogen balloon Captive at the Paris Exhibition)

The making of the Captive balloon for the Cremorne Gardens, London
3732697 The making of the Captive balloon for the Cremorne Gardens, London; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the making of the captive balloon for the Cremorne Gardens, London)

The filling of a balloon
3732696 The filling of a balloon; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the filling of a balloon in England. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The inflating of the balloon Hirondelle
3732695 The inflating of the balloon Hirondelle'; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the inflating of the balloon Hirondelle'. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A close escape for Camille Flammarion
3732694 A close escape for Camille Flammarion; (add.info.: Engraving titled A close escape for Camille Flammarion'. Camille Flammarion (1842-1925) a French astronomer and author

Green's balloon landing in the sea
3732684 Green's balloon landing in the sea; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Green's balloon landing in the sea. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The construction of balloons in the Gare d'Orleans to carry information out of Paris during the Prussian siege
3732672 The construction of balloons in the Gare d'Orleans to carry information out of Paris during the Prussian siege; (add.info)

Ernest Petin's flying machine
3732866 Ernest Petin's flying machine; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Ernest Petin's flying machine: Petin, a Paris milliner r designed this machine in 1850 and, although it was never built)

The aftermath of Gaston Tissandier's fatal balloon accident
3732780 The aftermath of Gaston Tissandier's fatal balloon accident; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the aftermath of Gaston Tissandier's fatal balloon accident)

Nadar's balloon Le Geant
3732777 Nadar's balloon Le Geant'; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Nadar's balloon Le Geant which made its debut in Paris. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The accidental crashing of Mrs Graham's balloon near Piccadilly
3732764 The accidental crashing of Mrs Graham's balloon near Piccadilly; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the accidental crashing of Mrs Graham's balloon near Piccadilly)

The Duke of Chartres making a balloon ascent
3732750 The Duke of Chartres making a balloon ascent; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Duke of Chartres making a balloon ascent with the Robert brothers)

Crowds gathered to watch the landing of the first successful hydrogen filled balloon
3732566 Crowds gathered to watch the landing of the first successful hydrogen filled balloon; (add.info.: Crowds gathered, in the Champs de Mars)

A paying-out machinery and pulley of Giffard's Captive hydrogen balloon
3732559 A paying-out machinery and pulley of Giffard's Captive hydrogen balloon; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a paying-out machinery and pulley of Giffard's Captive hydrogen balloon)

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"D-Day - Supplies pour ashore as balloons guide the way to victory" The Bristol balloon festival, a mesmerizing spectacle in Avon, England, Europe Captivating moments at the Chelsea Arts Club Ball with balloons floating above A heartwarming sight of a Bassett hound puppy with its ears held up by colorful balloons Remembering the Catford Evacuees who found solace in the sky filled with balloons An enchanting illustration from W Heath Robinson's Railway Ribaldry featuring a whimsical balloon adventure Paul Klee's masterpiece on gauze and board captures the ethereal beauty of balloons (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Marveling at an aerial view of Manchester and the Ship Canal adorned by majestic hot air balloons Montgolfier balloon gracefully soaring over Paris, painting a picture-perfect scene Celebrating James Sadler's pioneering spirit through his remarkable invention.