'The balloon over Helsbye Hill in Cheshire' mb-artistname Thomas Chambers Front row L-R: D

Front row L-R: D

England line up before kick off

confirming new Imperial ascendancy over Bavaria

with cows and sheep in the foreground

When the image is held to the light bombs and cannons can be seen devastating the town

'The balloon over Helsbye Hill in Cheshire' mb-artistname Thomas Chambers Front row L-R: DLandscape showing the steep cliffs of Helsby Hill and the Mersey Estuary with the balloon piloted by Thomas Baldwin visible in a break between two clouds at the top of the image. Plate 2 from Airopaidia: containing the narrative of a balloon excusion from Chester by Thomas Baldwin (J. Fletcher, Chester, 1786). Inscribed above: 'To face page 78 of Airopaidia'. Inscribed below: 'R. Newton. T. Baldwin Arm. design et pinx. Stothard delin. Sharp sculps.