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Description: | Painting. [Balloon arriving at Calais] / by EW Cocks (fl.1825-1840), 1840. Oil on canvas; [sight] 28.8x37.2cm in gilt frame 53.5x61.5x9.5cm. Signed bl. The first balloon crossing of the English Channel by Blanchard and Jeffries, 1785 January 7; shows balloon above Calais harbour, a seascape with paddlesteamer (anachronism) and fishing boats, with French soldiers (tricolour flag stripes incorrectly ordered). | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | oil painting | Temporal: | 1840 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Cocks, E W | Identifier: | http://collectionsonline.nmsi.ac.uk/grab... | Go to resource |
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