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Item No. 58. Mr. McQuire : On the 12th of May 1785 ascended in a balloon from Dublin and was driven out to sea where he was picked up by a vessel almost perished and spent with swimming
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Item No. 59. Le Docteur Potain, Le Premier qui tenta le Passage du Canal St. George, de Dublin en Angleterre, 24 lieues sur mer, le 17 Juin 1785. (Voyez en l'historique)
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[print; portrait of Dr. Potain (active 1785) Aeronaut] Artist(s): Boilly. From Maggs Bros. catalog no. 387, Item 1344.
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Item No. 64. Mrs. Sage : The first English Female Aerial Traveller, who ascended with Mr. Biggin, in Mr. Lunardi's Balloon, from St. George's Fields June 29th 1785 …
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[print; portrait of Letitia Anne Sage (active 1785)] Artist(s): S. Shelly; T. Burke. Printer /Publisher text: "London Printed for John Bell British Library Strand July 4th. 1785." From Maggs Bros. catalog no. 387, Item 1350.
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Item No. 54. Mr. Charles Green, Aeronaut. Born Jany. 31st. 1785. First ascended on the 19th. July 1821, at the Coronation of King George the 4th, since which he has made up to this date July 9th. 1839. Two-hundred and Sixty-nine ascents
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[print; portrait of English aeronaut Charles Green (1785-1870)] Artist(s): G. P. Harding. Printer /Publisher text: "Pubd. July 9th. 1839, by G.P. Harding, Hercules Buildings, Lambeth. Day & Haghe, Lithrs. To the Queen." From Maggs Bros. catalog no. 387, Item 1332.
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Item No. 34:1. Mr. Biggin, a favorite English Aerial Traveller Ascended from St. George's Fields, June 29, 1785
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[print; portrait of George Biggin (active 1785)] Artist(s): [Thornton]. From Maggs Bros. catalog no. 387, Item 1493?.
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Item No. 55. Mr. Charles Green, Aeronaut. Born Jany. 31st. 1785. First ascended on the 19th. July 1821, at the Coronation of King George the 4th, since which he has made up to this date July 9th. 1839. Two-hundred and Sixty-nine ascents
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[print; portrait of English aeronaut Charles Green (1785-1870); same as no. 54 with engraved calling card for "Mr. Charles Green, Aerial Cottage, Highgate."] Artist(s): G. P. Harding. Printer /Publisher text: "Pubd. July 9th. 1839, by G.P. Harding, Hercules Buildings, Lambeth. Day & Haghe, Lithrs. To the Queen." From Maggs Bros. catalog no. 387, Item 1331.
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Item No. 60. François Pilatre de Rozier. President of the Museum established at Paris in 1781 …
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[print; portrait of French aeronaut Jean Francois Pilatre de Rozier (1756-1785)] Artist(s): John Russell; Josh. Collyer. Printer /Publisher text: "Published by W. Faden, Charing-Cross, Jany. 9. 1786." From Maggs Bros. catalog no. 387, Item 1343.
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