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- Title:
Captain Vincenzo Lunardi with his Assistant George Biggin, and Mrs. Letitia Anne Sage, in a Balloon
- Date:
- 1785
- Medium:
- Oil on copper
- Dimensions:
- 19 x 14 inches (48.3 x 35.6 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.532
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Subject Terms:
- actress | altimeter | ambassador | assistant | balloon | ballooning | benches | breeches (trousers) | coats | costume | cravats | curtains | dress (costume) | entertainment | feathers | fichu | fringe | gesture | gold braid | gown | hats | historical subject | hot-air balloon | invention | men | neckpiece | portrait | pose | ropes | science | scientific instruments | sky | tricorne | trim | Union Jack | velvet | woman
- Associated People:
- Sage, Letitia Anne (née Hoare; ca.1750–1817) first British woman to fly
Biggin, George
Lunardi, Vincenzo (1759–1806), balloonist - Access:
- Not on view
Note: To make an appointment to see this work, please contact the Paintings and Sculpture department at ycba.paintings@yale.edu. Please visit the Paintings and Sculpture collections page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1016
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