Source: https://library.si.edu/digital-library/book/scrapbook-early-aeronautica-upcott-william
Timestamp: 2019-04-18 14:53:18+00:00

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This collection of prints, newspaper and journal clippings, mss., separately published tracts, and printed ephemera (in various sizes) was assembeled by William Upcott in the mid 19th c. The contents of the scrapbook cover the early years of aeronautics, and are primarily concerned with ballooning. Some of the balloonists featured include the Montgolfiers, Lunardi, Blanchard, Garnerin, Robert, Charles, Barrett, Hullin, Sowden, de Moret, MacGwire, Graham, Sadler, Green, Cocking, and Gypson, among others. The scrapbooks are arranged in roughly chronological order, e.g., v. 1 has material mostly from ca. 1783-1802; v.
This collection of prints, newspaper and journal clippings, mss., separately published tracts, and printed ephemera (in various sizes) was assembeled by William Upcott in the mid 19th c. The contents of the scrapbook cover the early years of aeronautics, and are primarily concerned with ballooning. Some of the balloonists featured include the Montgolfiers, Lunardi, Blanchard, Garnerin, Robert, Charles, Barrett, Hullin, Sowden, de Moret, MacGwire, Graham, Sadler, Green, Cocking, and Gypson, among others. The scrapbooks are arranged in roughly chronological order, e.g., v. 1 has material mostly from ca. 1783-1802; v. 2 mostly from 1785-1837; and v. 3 mostly from 1837-1840. However, each volume also includes materials from dates outside of these ranges. Page  is signed: "William Upcott of Islington, collector of engravings connected with aerostation." Text mostly in English, with some French language materials.
A full and correct description of this extraordinary machine ... the Eagle. London : Printed and published by J. Thompson, 1835.
A short ( p.) anonymous handwritten political allegory with an aeronautical theme, entitled: "The Dolphin carried off: a dream," is mounted on p. 7 of v. 1.

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