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[[image - balloon aloft with two persons in gondola, parachute suspended beneath with one person in the gondola below that]]
W.[[Lake?]], litho. 50.Old Bailey
The Ascent of the Royal Nassau Balloon from Vauxhall,
with the Parachute attached.
[[image - balloon further aloft, parachute and passenger falling rapidly to earth]]
The fatal Descent of the Parachute by which
Mr. Cocking lost his life.

The Sketch taken by an Eye-witness

London, Published by William Fellit, Sidney's Alley, Leicester Square
& Reeves & Sons, Cheapside.