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[[Coloured image of an inflated balloon with passengers in the basket]]

AN EXACT MODEL OF
THE VAUXHALL ROYAL BALLOON,
Formed of 2000 yards of Silk and capable of ascending with Twenty-eight Persons, besides Ballast and Apparatus. Circumference 157 Feet. - Height, with Car attached, 80 Feet. First ascent, with 9 Persons, made from Vauxhall September 9th, 1836.
Printed and Published by J. Thompson, Gloucester Street, Lambeth.