Title: The splendid model of the parachute or flying machine, with which the late Mons. Le Tur ascended from Cremorne Gardens ... will be exhibited in the large room of the above house on Monday next, the 28th, August, 1854 ...
Description: Text-only broadside announcing an exhibit of a parachute model at Cremorne Gardens, Chelsea, London, 1854. The model replicates the parachute used by French aeronaut François Letur during his fatal parachute demonstration at Cremorne Gardens earlier that year.
Subjects: Parachutes, Associated objects, Exhibitions
Places: England, London
People: François Letur (d. 1854)
Time periods: 1850-1860