77/5330 [Caricature]. Gillray, J. (1756-1815). "He steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight." Contemp. handcol. etching w. etched captions in French and English below image, 34x23,3 cm., London, H. Bachelor, 1810.

- A few closed tears in margins into image; several stains in blank margins, occas. touching the image.

= "A fantastic scene in Oxford representing Grenville's installation as Chancellor, which took place at Commemoration, 3 July 1810. Grenville rises in a balloon above a vast applauding crowd; his inflated and spherical posterior fits into the shallow bowl which forms the car (...)." (quote from the entry for this print in the British Museum). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCV.