Fearful balloon adventure-- saved by a Grimsby fishing smack A woman murdered by her son and daughter. – Vintage Wall Art
(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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This rare antique engraving captures Fearful balloon adventure-- saved by a Grimsby fishing smack A woman murdered by her son and daughter. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Fearful balloon adventure-- saved by a Grimsby fishing smack A woman murdered by her son and daughter.
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This page from the *Illustrated Police News* of September 12, 1874, pairs a balloon disaster with a murder report, a typical mix for the paper. The engraving shows the "fearful balloon adventure" in which aeronauts were saved by a Grimsby fishing smack, a sailing vessel from the North Sea fishing port in Lincolnshire. Victorian ballooning drew large crowds, and rescues at sea were a frequent source of dramatic news. The print also belongs to the Tissandier collection, assembled by the French aeronaut Gaston Tissandier, who valued such accounts in his study of balloon history.
| Created / published | 1874 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 2 prints (1 page) : engraving. |
| Genre | Periodical illustrations 1870-1880.Engravings 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Title from item. Illus. from: The illustrated police news, law courts and weekly record, no. 552, Saturday, September 12, 1874. Tissandier collection. |
| Subjects | Ballooning accidents--1870-1880. Rescues--1870-1880. Homicides--1870-1880. Strangling--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,811 × 4,754 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-223704 |
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