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Bless my Soul...We must'nt descend here

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URI
https://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/193118
Date
1800-1899
Description
Engraving depicting three men flying in a balloon with a British flag hanging from the basket and an eagle engraved on its side. A man with a dog on the ground is shooting a rifle at the balloon. Dialog printed below: "Bless my Soul! what can the fellow take us for? We must'nt descend here."
 
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Subject
Hunters, Balloonists, Balloons (aircraft), Satire
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No Copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/
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