File:The grand Republican balloon, intended to convey the army of England from the Gallic shore, for the purpose of exchanging French liberty! for English happiness! LCCN2003681731.jpg

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English: Title: The grand Republican balloon, intended to convey the army of England from the Gallic shore, for the purpose of exchanging French liberty! for English happiness!

Abstract: Print shows a large ship attached to a larger hot air balloon; on the top is the Gallic cock holding a staff topped with a Phryigan cap and a banner labeled "Liberty"; circumnavigating the globe of the balloon are walkways and at the mid-level a large platform on which are tents, soldiers, and a large guillotine; there is another platform on the left which serves as a "Gallery for mounting Guard"; includes decorative wings on the right and left, valves for venting gases, two sails labeled "Slavery", and a "Light House"; on the ship, which is suspended below, are residences, the helm, a separate building below the bow identified as "The Water Closet", and hanging off the bottom is the "Grand Magazine of Combustibles"; the aircraft hovers above the ocean and mountains. Physical description: 1 print : hand-colored photolithograph ; sheet 53.5 x 36 cm, on mount 54 x 36.8 cm.

Notes: Caption continues: Accurately copied from a Plan presented to the Executive Director, by Citizen Monge.; photo-litho'd and published by Eden Fisher Stationer, 50 Lombard Street, London, 1874.; Originally "published Feby. 24th 1798 by J. Wallis, No. 16, Ludgate Street, London."; Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).; Title from item.
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