'The balloon over Helsbye Hill in Cheshire' mb-code 1238552 December 1976

December 1976

Bermondsey Square

'The Coronation of Emperor Nicholas II in the Assumption Cathedral'

Inscribed in pencil with instructions to printers

'The balloon over Helsbye Hill in Cheshire' mb-code 1238552 December 1976Landscape showing the steep cliffs of Helsby Hill and the Mersey Estuary with the balloon piloted by Thomas Baldwin visible in a break between two clouds at the top of the image. Plate 2 from Airopaidia: containing the narrative of a balloon excusion from Chester by Thomas Baldwin (J. Fletcher, Chester, 1786). Inscribed above: 'To face page 78 of Airopaidia'. Inscribed below: 'R. Newton. T. Baldwin Arm. design et pinx. Stothard delin. Sharp sculps.