Sparrow

Made:: 1823 in London

maker:: Unattributed

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Sparrow
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Trade card: Sparrow. - Bishopsgate, London, nd. [1823]. Engraving, on card; 7.5x5cm. Featuring balloon named SPARROW; inscription around top of balloon: Wholesale Ironmonger, Nail Manufacturer, Brassfounder, General Merchant & Exporter to all parts of the World. Aviators in gondola below balloon wave flags initialled respectively S and G. Isaac Earlysman Sparrow ascended in a balloon with the aeronaut Charles Green on 23 June 1823 in Oxford.

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Category:: Art

Object Number:: 1946-99

Materials:: paper and engraving

Measurements:: overall: 75 x 50 mm

type:: trade card

credit:: Penn-Gaskell Collection

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