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Balloon Ascending Near the Entrance to Lord's Cricket Ground, 1839

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Date

c.1839

Artist

After Robert Blemmell Schnebbelie (1781-1847)

Collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Image Link

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/364566

Description

Balloon ascents were popular spectacles throughout the 19th century and often depicted by artists. Here, well-to-do men and women have come in carriages, and vendors and works stopped on their rounds, to watch Mr. Hampton's balloon straining at the ropes. The site is the St. John's Wood entrance to Lord's Cricket Ground, and the event took place on June 7, 1839. Medium: watercolor.

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CC0 1.0

Image Credit

Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts

Location

Lords Cricket Ground, St. John's Wood, London, England

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Ceremonies
Leisure
People
Public Spaces

Category

People & Society

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