Up in a balloon
Currier & Ives · 1835 - 1907
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Up in a balloon, Currier & Ives (1876), Library of Congress. Via artnap.com
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Why is this public domain? The Library of Congress lists this work as public domain. Currier & Ives died in 1907; this work is in the public domain.
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A lithographic political caricature shows two men seated in a balloon basket, with a large balloon bearing a bulging face and the words Tammany Gas Bag. The basket is inscribed Democratic Platform, Manufactured at St. Louis, 1876, and includes a barrel marked Specie, a bundle marked Rags, and a weight marked Reform. Published by Currier & Ives in 1876, the print is titled Up in a Balloon.
