# George Biggins' Ascent in Lunardi' Balloon [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [IBBETSON, Julius Caesar]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 50,5 x 61 cm ## Commentary In addition to an ironic and self-critical attitude of British painting to modern technology, there was an objective documentation of technical innovations in the second half of the 18th century, as in Ibbetson's painting. ## Related artworks - [Landscape with Travellers]() - [Market Day, Masham, North Yorkshire]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()