ARTIST: John Hollins
PUBLISHER: Published by Henry Graves & Co. Printsellers to the Queen.
MEDIUM: Engraving,
DATE: 1843.
EDITION SIZE: Image size 8 x 11 1/8" (20.3 x 28.3 cm).
DESCRIPTION: The work shows the adventurers seated around a map laid out on a table devising a flight plan for the journey. From left to right, Walter Prideaux lawyer and poet, John Hollins the artist, Sir William Milbourne James, another lawyer and later lord justice, our very own Robert Hollond, Thomas Monck Mason, the author of Aeronautica and last but not least Charles Green. Prideaux and James were well connected lawyer friends of Robert Hollond, and lent a hand in obtaining or drafting the necessary paperwork for the voyage, hence their inclusion in the portrait. In the background is the famous balloon, and props used in the painting were actual artefacts from the journey including the lantern, a fur hat and compass placed on the table and a telescope held by Charles Green
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Good condition. Wide margins.
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