'The Vauxhall balloon of Mr. Green' Company of Haberdashers A 1912 Sunbeam

A 1912 Sunbeam

4th Duke of Hamilton (1658-1712)

'Sketch for an Al-bum'

The old master paintings have lined up in ranks on the left

A group of suited figures can be seen

'The Vauxhall balloon of Mr. Green' Company of Haberdashers A 1912 SunbeamView of the Royal Vauxhall, later renamed Royal Nassau flown by the pioneering balloonist Charles Green (1785 1870). The balloon was inflated using coal gas and launched from sites that included Vauxhall Gardens in London. Plate from Animal locomotion or walking, swimming and, and flying, with a dissertation on aeronautics, by James Bell Pettigrew (Henry S. King & Co., London, 1873). James Bell Pettigrew (1832 1908) comparative anatomist, was elected