A balloon in flight theatre manager Scene in the Hanover Square

Scene in the Hanover Square Rooms

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hold an alms dish between them

He is shown seated in full ceremonial dress

A balloon in flight theatre manager Scene in the Hanover SquareScene showing a decorated balloon in flight at Faubourg Saint Antoine, France, on 19 October 1783. The balloon has a gallery or gondola for two passengers. Below can be seen a stepped platform with onlookers. Plate 8 from the book Description des expriences de la machine arostatiques de MM. de Montgolfier, by Faujas de Saint Fond (Paris, 1783). According to textual notes this balloon reached a height of 324 feet on the third in a sequence of flights