'The explanatory print' [to 'A balloon prospect...'] Size:Large: 7 x 5in 24th December 1940

24th December 1940

Full length seated portrait of Fontenelle dressed in loose robes and turban holding a quill pen in his right hand

showing figures in a service

Peter Collins in a Ferrari

Cupid wears the skin of the Russian Bear as Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia married Alfred

'The explanatory print' [to 'A balloon prospect...'] Size:Large: 7 x 5in 24th December 1940Map of the flight of Thomas Baldwin's balloon from Chester to Rixton Moss in Lancashire. A looping line represents the flight path of the balloon. Major topographical features are noted, such as the River Mersey, with towns and villages including Chester, Helsby, and Warrington. The author explained that this print was intended to be viewed alongside plate 3 in his book ['A balloon prospect from above the clouds'] since it 'elucidates the former by