From our balloon - Public domain dedication image

A scholarly man flies in a balloon. He holds a quill pen in hand, as he looks toward the ground through a telescope. His cargo includes a row of books and an owl, perched on the edge of the basket.

Copyright by B.F. Collier & Son, Inc.

Inscribed, lower right: This cut will be 6 in over [missing] and the lettering 9 1/4".

Inscribed, upper right: Set print so that base of letters will be on lines marked A and B.

Possibly intended for publication in Collier's.

Signed, lower left: B.R.

Title inscribed above image.

Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; 1974; (DLC/PP-1974:232.560)

Forms part of: Caroline and Erwin Swann collection of caricature and cartoon (Library of Congress).

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01/01/1908

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