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Vincenzo Lunardi, Italian aeronaut, c1785. Artist: John Kay
Vincenzo Lunardi, Italian aeronaut, 1785. Lunardi made the first hydrogen balloon ascent in Britain, at Moorfields, London, on 15th September 1784. Here he is pictured about to make the first hydrogen balloon ascent in Scotland, which he performed at Heriot's Hospital Green, Edinburgh, on 5th October 1785.
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AR915762
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Image
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3915px × 4459px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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18th century
AERONAUT
AERONAUTICS
Ann Ronan Pictures
B&W
B/W
Balloon
ballooning
balloonist
BANNER
Basket
Black & White
Black and white
concept
country
Dress
EDINBURGH
eighteenth century
Etching
FIRST
FLAG
FLAGS
FLIGHT
GEORGIAN
hydrogen balloon
Italian
Italy
JOB
JOHN
John Kay
Kay
LOCATION
Lunardi
Male
Man
Men
Monochrome
OCCUPATION
People
Pioneer
Print Collector1
PROFESSION
Scotland
STANDARD
TGN
Transportation, Air
Vincent
Vincent Lunardi
Vincenzo
Vincenzo Lunardi