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Black and white image of a distant balloon in the air above onlookers within a quadrant of armed French soldiers standing to attention.

Blanchard's Ascent at Lille: 1785

Black and white image of print showing balloon on the ground ready to ascend. On the left of the print is a group of workers with barrels of hydrogen to fill the balloon.

Cornillot's Ascent at Seal: 1825

Black and white image of a man flying in the air in an ornithopter consisting of 2 wings operated by hand by pulling on poles. The man is standing on a V shaped pole connected to the wings. Image includes a diagram of the ornithopter.

Doctor Miller's Design For an Ornithopter: 1843

Black and white print of vertical striped balloon inflated inside The Pantheon surrounded by onlookers.

Lunardi's Balloon on Exhibition: 1784

Black and white print of Lunardi balloon which is a Union Jack, which has been coloured in by hand. Balloon also has a family crest. From base of the balloon to base of basket is a curtain of fabric. Four oars protrude from the basket.

Lunardi's second balloon

A black and white print of an imaginary balloon shaped dirigible aloft beside two towers beneath. There is a large crowd of onlookers assembled in an arena.

Muzzi's "Aerortoploa": 1838

Black and white image showing an observation balloon in the air tethered to the ground above an active battle between two military forces on horseback.

The Beginnings of Aerial Reconnaissance: 1794

Black and white image of a balloon in the air over buildings and a large number of people, some on the roof tops, on the right is the stage in the arena the balloon launched from.

The First Aerial Voyage in Britain: 1784

One image of six black and white prints of the earliest balloons

The First Balloons: 1783-84

Black and white image of a balloon above the English Channel at Dover. The image includes the white cliffs, Dover Castle, Dover town and onlookers on the beach.

The First Channel Crossing by Air: 1785

Black and white image showing Professor Charles just airborne in his balloon standing in a boat shaped basket with many onlookers, three on horseback.

The First Hydrogen Voyage and the Start of Modern Ballooning: 1783

Black and white engraving of the vertical striped Royal Vauxhall Balloon crossing the Rhine.

The First Long-Distance Balloon Voyage: 1836

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