A balloon prospect from above the clouds Finish:Rolled 12th January 1973

12th January 1973

After an original painting in Vauxhall Gardens

The shadow of war is plainly depicted by the bare bones on the ground

Such was the stench from the river that parliamentary proceedings were interrupted

a pair of spectacles and shell specimens

A balloon prospect from above the clouds Finish:Rolled 12th January 1973Cloudscape and view of the Earth with a line representing the flight path of the balloon from which the scene was taken. The illustration was captioned by the author: 'A Balloon prospect from above the clouds or a chromatic view of the country between Chester , Warrington and Rixton Moss in Lancashire: shewing the whole extent of the aerial voyage; with the meandering track of the balloon thro' the air Plate 3 from Airopaidia: containing the narrative