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).