The Perilous Situation of Major Mony, When He Fell into the Sea with His Balloon on the 23rd of July, 1785, Off the Coast of Yarmouth; Most Providentially Discovered and Taken Up by the Argus Sloop, After Having Remained in the Water During Five Hours. Artist: After Philip Reinagle (British, Edinburgh or Dover 1749-1833 Chelsea). Dimensions: plate: 19 15/16 x 23 7/8 in. (50.7 x 60.7 cm)sheet: 21 1/4 x 25 9/16 in. (54 x 65 cm). Engraver: John Murphy (British, Ireland ca. 1748-after 1820, active London). Date: June 24, 1789.This mezzotint depicts a dramatic incident of 1785, when Major Mony, a pioneering aeronaut, ascended in a hot-air balloon before 40,000 spectators in Norwich, a city northeast of London. A faulty valve prevented him from making a controlled landing and, after flying for nearly two hundred miles, he crashed just off the Isle of Wight, where he spent five hours in the water before being rescued. (The first manned balloon flight had taken place in France only two years b

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The Perilous Situation of Major Mony, When He Fell into the Sea with His Balloon on the 23rd of July, 1785, Off the Coast of Yarmouth; Most Providentially Discovered and Taken Up by the Argus Sloop, After Having Remained in the Water During Five Hours. Artist: After Philip Reinagle (British, Edinburgh or Dover 1749-1833 Chelsea). Dimensions: plate: 19 15/16 x 23 7/8 in. (50.7 x 60.7 cm)sheet: 21 1/4 x 25 9/16 in. (54 x 65 cm). Engraver: John Murphy (British, Ireland ca. 1748-after 1820, active London). Date: June 24, 1789.This mezzotint depicts a dramatic incident of 1785, when Major Mony, a pioneering aeronaut, ascended in a hot-air balloon before 40,000 spectators in Norwich, a city northeast of London. A faulty valve prevented him from making a controlled landing and, after flying for nearly two hundred miles, he crashed just off the Isle of Wight, where he spent five hours in the water before being rescued. (The first manned balloon flight had taken place in France only two years b

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