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VBI-000326-001_sv.jpg

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Description
Print with two images, likely a book illustration. Top image: a young balloonist descending in choppy water with birds flying overhead and a ship in the background. Possibly a depiction of Stuart Amos Arnold's son, who fell into the Thames in a ballooning accident in 1785. Bottom image: firing squad aiming at a blindfolded, kneeling man outside a British fort.
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No Copyright - United States
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