centuriespast: Lunardi’s Second Balloon Ascending from St George’s Fields, 1785 by Julius Caesar Ibbetson Date painted: 1785–1790 Oil on canvas, 52 x 62 cm Collection: Science Museum, London

centuriespast: Lunardi’s Second Balloon Ascending from St George’s Fields, 1785 by Julius Caesar Ibbetson Date painted: 1785–1790 Oil on canvas, 52 x 62 cm Collection: Science Museum, London

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