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  Photo, Print, Drawing

  By permission and under the patronage of the worshipful the mayor ... Mr. Gypson, will make his 26th ascent, and first from Daventry on Monday, August 31st, 1840 ... with his magnificent ... 1 print (broadside) on blue paper : wood engraving, with text in letterpress. | Broadside announcing a balloon ascension by Richard Gypson from the Gas Works, Daventry, England, 1840. Includes a picture of a balloon in flight.

  • Date: 1840