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Condition: Good. Handcolored lithograph. Matted and framed with glass. Opening area: 22.5 x 28.5cm. Provenance: Purchased through: Sotheby'a sale no. 160 in 1962; Wet stamp of Francis Roux-Devillas, 12, rue Bonaparte, Paris. Inscription content: Lettered below image with title, followed by "On the day of Opening July 2nd 1833 with the Ascent of Mr Graham in his Balloon". With production details: "Drawn by R.W.Billings / On stone by I.S. Templeton / London Published Aug 15 1833 by R.W. Billings (at Mr Brittons 11 Burton Street) & sold by J.W.Williams, 10 Charles St Soho Square"British Museum number 1867,0309.1641:View within new Hungerford Market on the day of its opening; a large crowd of dressed up figures in the open space, the men lifting their hats and waving towards the rising hot air balloon; large flags flown for the occasion. 1833Lithograph on chine collé.Met Museum Object Number: 62.696.49: Public events were often accompanied by balloon ascents in the nineteenth century. Here, a crowd has gathered to celebrate the completion of the New Hungerford Market, on the Strand in London, and to watch the ascent of George Graham, in a balloon from the building's courtyard. The international aspirations of the new market are signaled by the array of flags flying from its portico. Designed by William Fowler in the Roman style, the colonnades of the upper portion, shown here, sheltered vendors selling meat, poultry, fruit, vegetables and dairy products.