A balloon prospect from above the clouds Finish:Rolled View of Newnham's Place

View of Newnham's Place

An awestruck Charles Parnell of the Irish Nationalist Party is crouching before his Creature which is depicted with the usual simian features of the Irishman in Punch cartoons

Such was the stench from the river that parliamentary proceedings were interrupted

St Mary Overie's Church

The picture was taken at a lunch for former Grand Prix drivers hosted by Raymond Mays

A balloon prospect from above the clouds Finish:Rolled View of Newnham's PlaceCloudscape and view of the Earth with a line representing the flight path of the balloon from which the scene was taken. The illustration was captioned by the author: 'A Balloon prospect from above the clouds or a chromatic view of the country between Chester , Warrington and Rixton Moss in Lancashire: shewing the whole extent of the aerial voyage; with the meandering track of the balloon thro' the air Plate 3 from Airopaidia: containing the narrative