The perilous situation of Major Mony – Antique Print
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This rare historic image captures The perilous situation of Major Mony in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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The perilous situation of Major Mony
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The title names a particular man, Major Mony, and places him in peril, which suggests a balloon mishap rather than an ordinary flight. Balloon ascents swept Britain after the Montgolfier brothers' hot-air flight of 1783, and Vincenzo Lunardi's 1784 flight from London turned aeronautics into a public spectacle. Prints from this period often mixed reporting with satire, so the scene may comment on the daring and folly of early aeronauts as much as record a single event. The posture of the figure and the crowd or landscape around him are worth studying for clues to the intended mood.
| Original scan | 9,050 × 6,688 px · prints to 30 × 22 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 02254u The perilous situation of Major Mony |
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