A grand balloon ascent, Batty's, Thursday, July 1st, 1852 / Earle. – Vintage Print
![A grand balloon ascent, Batty's, Thursday, July 1st, 1852 / Earle., [London : s.n., 1852] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/93/935462b6658a-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with A grand balloon ascent, Batty's, Thursday, July 1st, 1852 / Earle., a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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A grand balloon ascent, Batty's, Thursday, July 1st, 1852 / Earle.
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Advertised for Thursday, July 1, 1852, this poster promised a balloon ascent at six o'clock precisely, with the doors opening at five. Its woodcut and letterpress layout shows how London showmen of the period sold spectacle to paying crowds, when a balloon rising from a public enclosure was a popular night out. The title credits a man named Earle, and the sheet survives in the Tissandier collection, assembled by the French aeronaut Gaston Tissandier, who gathered early flight ephemera. Note how firmly the timing is stated, a reminder that weather and gas supply could easily upset a scheduled ascent.
| Created / published | [London : s.n., 1852] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : woodcut with letterpress text. |
| Notes | Doors open at 5 |
| Subjects | ascent at 6 precisely"--printed at bottom margin. Title from item. Tissandier collection." |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,577 × 4,515 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-223699 |
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