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dc.creatorHarris, J. (St. Paul's Church Yard)en_US
dc.date1829 June 1en_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-28T16:28:08Z
dc.date.available2022-01-28T16:28:08Z
dc.identifierVBI_000326
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/193300
dc.descriptionPrint 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.en_US
dc.descriptionFor more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/593en_US
dc.languageengen_US
dc.rightsNo Copyright - United Statesen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/en_US
dc.subjectAccidentsen_US
dc.subjectBalloons (aircraft)en_US
dc.subjectBallooning -- Accidentsen_US
dc.titlePage 31en_US
dc.typeStill Imageen_US
dc.publisher.institutionMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collectionsen_US
dc.type.genreprints (visual works)
dc.contributor.displaypublisher: Harris, J. (St. Paul's Church Yard)en_US


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