The Great Balloon

Made:: circa 1837 in London

author:: Morgan, John

Handbill. Song: The great Balloon / [words by] John Morgan. - [London]: Westminster:-Printed for the Vendors, nd. [c1837]. Letterpress; 25x19cm. To the Air, Vicar and Mosses, a 12-verse homage, with Chorus line, satirising Montgolfier, the great Aerial Balloon, and the greatness of Charles Green's Great Balloon; last verse refers to the young Queen Victoria aged 19 sending up a balloon to find her a husband

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Category:: Art

Object Number:: 1950-306/101

Measurements:: overall: 250 x 190 mm

type:: handbill

credit:: Penn-Gaskell Collection

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