Painting. [Balloon leaving Dover] / by EW Cocks (fl. 1825-1840), c.1840. Oil on canvas; [sight] 28.8x37.2cm in gilt frame 52.5x61x9cm. Signed bl. The first balloon crossing of the English Channel by Blanchard and Jeffries, 1785 January 7; shows the balloon above Dover Castle and harbour, with paddlesteamer (anachronism).
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