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From our balloon – Antique Wall Art

From our balloon, [ca. 1908] — historic drawing
From our balloon, [ca. 1908]. Historic drawing from the Ballooning collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with From our balloon, a historic drawing rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Its title, *From our balloon*, places the joke in the basket of an aircraft, a novelty in the years around 1908, when ballooning drew large crowds and frequent press coverage. The subject headings pair balloons with scholars, which suggests a caricature of learned men viewing the world from above. The drawing is in India ink over pencil on illustration board, and its inscriptions give the engraver instructions on the size of the cut and the lettering, so it was made for mechanical reproduction in print. The initials B.R. in the lower left identify the artist.

Created / published[ca. 1908]
Medium1 drawing : India ink over pencil on illustration board ; 25.4 x 36.4 cm. (sheet)
Genrelower 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)."
NotesCopyright by B.F. Collier & Son, Inc. Inscribed, lower right: This cut will be 6 in over [missing] and the lettering 9 1/4. Inscribed
SubjectsBalloons (Aircraft)--1900-1910. Scholars--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,086 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-157315

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