Sujet

Vincenzo Lunardi's balloon ascending from Artillery Ground, City Road, Finsbury, London, 1784. Artist: Francis Jukes

Légende

City Road, Finsbury, London, 1784; scene of Vincenzo Lunardi's balloon ascending from Artillery Ground, with crowds watching below.

Date

1784

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Notre référence

HRM19A92_014

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (4,1Mo) / 39,6cm x 31,6cm / 4675 x 3737 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation road London England people event crowd landscape excitement street balloon spectator lane hot air balloon avenue innovation location century novelty concept B&W artillery MONOCHROME metaphor air Transport up in the air black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century Guildhall Library & Art Gallery Artillery Ground City Road Finsbury full of hot air Islington TGN up and away when the balloon goes up Vincenzo Lunardi aquatint J Francis Jukes F Jukes J Brewer;Brewer Lunardi Vincenzo Vincent Lunardi Vincent Jukes Francis