Images Dated 2015 December

Root Bodied Forth BB96_02064

Festival of Britain 1951. Lambeth, London. Mitzi Solomon Cunliffe's sculpture Root Bodied Forth exhibited on the South Bank Exhibition site

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Archive, Exhibition, Sculpture

Ballooning CVS01_01_042

Tales of balloon flight. Hand-coloured engraving of two men in a balloon flying over London. This engraving is by William Lionel Wyllie, who made sketches over London from a balloon c.1880-1884 - this one appeared in The Graphic magazine on September 11th 1880. It shows one of the balloons participating in the International Contest between England and France in 1880 that flew from Crystal Palace to Hayling Island. The contest was one of "a serious of simultaneous ascents with the view of endeavouring to ascertain the various currents of air at different heights, as well as other collateral matters of interest." From the Cecil Victor Shadbolt collection of lantern slides dating from 1882-1892

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Amazing flying machines CVS01_01_012

Amazing flying machines. Hand-coloured engraving of the Minerva balloon, designed by Etienne-Gaspard Robert in 1804. The original slide is damaged but this image has been repaired. From the Cecil Victor Shadbolt collection of lantern slides dating from 1882-1892

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Aerostat, Engraving, Victorian