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Item No. 7. The only authentic sketch of the ascent of the Vauxhall balloon with Mr. Cocking's parachute
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Item No. 146b. The only sketch of the ascent of the Vauxhall Balloon with Mr. Cockings' parachute
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[print, color; same image as pri472 Box 1, Item no. 7] Printer/Publisher text: "London. Published by W. Spooner, 377 Strand." From Anderson Galleries catalog no. 1404, item 69.
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Item No. 40. Mr. Cocking ; the Nassau Balloon with The Parachute as it ascended. ; the Parachute as it descended by which Mr. Cocking lost his Life. July 24th. 1837
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[print; portrait of British parachute inventor Robert Cocking (1776-1837) with two other views one sheet; for same incidents depicted in similar image, see pri475 Box 2, Item no. 24 ] Artist(s): W. Clark. Printer /Publisher text: "Printed by W. Clark 202 High Holborn." From Maggs Bros. catalog no. 387, Item 1413.
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Item No. 24. Robert Cocking. ; The Ascent of the Royal Nassau Balloon, with the Parachute attached, 24th July 1837. ; This sketch exhibits the Parachute with Mr. Cocking, in the three stages of the descent
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