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S. W. Fores|Jean-Pierre Blanchard|John Jeffries|Thomas Rowlandson

Departure of Blanchard and Jeffries' Balloon from Dover, January 7, 1785

January 1794
Hand-colored etching
25.4 × 35.4 cm (10 × 13.9 in)

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