'The balloon over Helsbye Hill in Cheshire' Pugh arms folded

arms folded

Zoological study showing a dissected specimen of freshwater hydra illustrating the prey arms

View of Salters' Almshouses in Monkwell Street

16th October 1970

'The balloon over Helsbye Hill in Cheshire' Pugh arms foldedLandscape showing the steep cliffs of Helsby Hill and the Mersey Estuary with the balloon piloted by Thomas Baldwin visible in a break between two clouds at the top of the image. Plate 2 from Airopaidia: containing the narrative of a balloon excusion from Chester by Thomas Baldwin (J. Fletcher, Chester, 1786). Inscribed above: 'To face page 78 of Airopaidia'. Inscribed below: 'R. Newton. T. Baldwin Arm. design et pinx. Stothard delin. Sharp sculps.