Dome

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.For more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/593