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George Cruikshank

Modern Ballooning, or the Newest Phase of Folly from George Cruikshank's Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks: 1835-1853 (top)

1851, printed c. 1880
Two steel etchings in black on cream India paper, laid down on off-white card (chine collé)
20.6 × 16.3 cm (8.1 × 6.4 in)

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