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Title: Major Mony's Perilous Situation When he fell into the Sea July, 23, 1785, off the Coast of Yarmouth.
Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:nasm_A20140821000

	Title
	Major Mony's Perilous Situation When he fell into the Sea July, 23, 1785, off the Coast of Yarmouth.

	Metadata Usage
	Not determined

	Guid
	http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9fc47c986-4887-4518-a533-d3f82f164260

	Data Source
	National Air and Space Museum

	Artist
	Thurston

	Medium
	Print, Etching on Paper, Colored

	Dimensions
	2-D - Unframed (H x W): 13.2 × 20.6cm (5 3/16 × 8 1/8 in.)

	Physical Description
	Colored etching of Major John Money (1752-1817) standing on his submerged gondola and holding on to the a balloon as he is dragged over the surface of the sea. His name is mispelled in the title printed below the image.

	Physical Description
	On the afternoon of July 22, 1785, Major John Money, on half-pay form the 15th Light Dragoons, took off from the Ranleigh Gardens, Norwich, to raise money for the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. A skilled horseman, he had made only one previous ascent from London in the British Balloon. By 6pm on the evening of the launch, he was seen crossing Lowestoft, unable to descend and heading out over the North Sea. The balloon descended as the air cooled, depositing Money in the water on the Long Shoals, a dangerous area for ships. He abandoned his basket and climbed onto the load ring of the balloon, keeping enough hydrogen in the envelope to keep him afloat. He was rescued by the lifesaving vessel Argus, out of Lowestoft, at midnight.

	Physical Description
	He had served under Gen. John Burgoyne, was captured at Saratoga, and spent time as an American POW. Later, during the Napoleonic Wars he was commissioned as Major General serving with the rebel Austrian forces.

	Physical Description
	'Engraved by Owen, from a Drawing by Thurston, for the Gallery of Nature & Art. London, Published by R.N. Rose, 45 Holborn Hill, May 1, 1820.'

	Credit Line
	Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust

	Inventory Number
	A20140821000

	Date
	May 1, 1820

	Type
	ART-Prints, Original

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