A hot-air balloon ascending into the sky. The balloon is large and round, decorated with vertical stripes in muted red, yellow, and green tones, and covered in a net-like pattern. Suspended beneath it is a small, elegant gondola shaped like a boat, carrying Mr Augustin. He is releasing a spherical object beneath a delicate, open parachute canopy, which floats steadily downwards—likely for experimental purposes. The balloon and gondola are adorned with fluttering Dutch flags. This is Mr Augustin's seventh balloon trip, which took flight on 1 October 1806 from the Drilveld near the Utrechtsepoort in Amsterdam.