'The balloon over Helsbye Hill in Cheshire' Pugh arms folded

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16th October 1970

Scene at Horse Guards Parade

A bank official and policemen enter to prosecute the citizen

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'The balloon over Helsbye Hill in Cheshire' Pugh arms foldedLandscape showing the steep cliffs of Helsby Hill and the Mersey Estuary with the balloon piloted by Thomas Baldwin visible in a break between two clouds at the top of the image. Plate 2 from Airopaidia: containing the narrative of a balloon excusion from Chester by Thomas Baldwin (J. Fletcher, Chester, 1786). Inscribed above: 'To face page 78 of Airopaidia'. Inscribed below: 'R. Newton. T. Baldwin Arm. design et pinx. Stothard delin. Sharp sculps.