- Title:
- Handbill giving 'An Account of Mr. G. Courtney's Second and Last Grand and Terrific Flight From off St. Vincent's Rock into Leigh Wood!' on 5 June 1826
- Object name(s):
- Handbill
- Brief description:
- The handbill describes Mr G. Courtney's second attempt of crossing the Avon Gorge at 6:30pm on Monday 5 June 1826. The first crossing took place on 22 May 1826 when Courtney 'flew' across the Avon Gorge horizontally from a rope suspended from a point above the Giant's Cave to a tree in Leigh Woods. As well as a poem, the item includes a woodcut illustration showing winged figure flying over the Avon Gorge.
- Collection:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum
- Associated person:
- Courtney, G.
- Associated place:
- Avon Gorge
- Current reproduction location:
- http://archives.cliftonbridge.org.uk/handbill-giving-an-account-of-mr-g-courtneys-second-and-last-grand-and-terrific-flight-from-off-st-vincents-rock-into-leigh-wood-on-5-june-1826
- Number of objects:
- 1 paper handbill
- Object name:
- Handbill
- Object number:
- GB 3493 196
- Object production date:
- 6 June 1826
- Date - association:
- Creation
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1826-06-05
- Date - latest:
- 1826-06-06
- Object production person:
- Bonner, H, printer, 4 Unity Street, St. Philips
- Other number:
- 2023-196
- Other number type:
- Accession number
- Responsible department/section:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust Archives
- Text reason:
- Collection online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/bd45af1c-da46-36bd-b345-a1555862c223
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/bd45af1c-da46-36bd-b345-a1555862c223, Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum, CC BY
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