Grand balloon ascent, on Thursday, October 14th, 1841 ... Mr. Gypson, (from the Royal Zoological Gardens, London), will make his forty-fifth and last ascent this season ... – Historic Print
![Grand balloon ascent, on Thursday, October 14th, 1841 ... Mr. Gypson, (from the Royal Zoological Gardens, London), will make his forty-fifth and last ascent this season ..., Spalding [England] : Thomas Albin, Junior, printer [1841] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/be/be2757b7f184-L.webp)
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Grand balloon ascent, on Thursday, October 14th, 1841 ... Mr. Gypson, (from the Royal Zoological Gardens, London), will make his forty-fifth and last ascent this season ... comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Grand balloon ascent, on Thursday, October 14th, 1841 ... Mr. Gypson, (from the Royal Zoological Gardens, London), will make his forty-fifth and last ascent this season ...
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Rather than showing the balloon, this broadside announces a paid ascent at Spalding, in Lincolnshire, on Thursday, October 14, 1841, by Mr. Gypson of the Royal Zoological Gardens in London. Billed as his forty-fifth and last ascent of the season, the event reflects how touring aeronauts drew crowds to provincial English towns in the 1840s. Printed by Thomas Albin, Junior, and backed by local magistrates and a committee of gentlemen, the notice shows civic leaders lending respectability to a popular spectacle. The sheet later passed into the collection of the French aeronaut Gaston Tissandier.
| Created / published | Spalding [England] : Thomas Albin, Junior, printer [1841] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (broadside). |
| Genre | Broadsides 1840-1850.Prints 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Title from item. At head of title: By permission and under the immediate patronage of the magistrates and a committee of gentlemen. Tissandier collection. |
| Subjects | Gypson, Richard--Public appearances--England--Spalding. Balloon ascensions--England--Spalding--1840-1850. Balloons (Aircraft)--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,164 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-113123 |
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