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Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99), Ascension of Madame Sage, Chevalier Biggin and Captain Vincent Lunardi in a Balloon, June 20, 1785, 1785
- Title:
Ascension of Madame Sage, Chevalier Biggin and Captain Vincent Lunardi in a Balloon, June 20, 1785
- Additional Title(s):
The Three Favorite Aerial Travelers
Ascension of Mrs. Letitia Anne Sage, Chevalier George Biggin, and Captain Vincenzo Lunardi, "The Daredevil Aeronaut," in a Balloon
- Date:
- 1785
- Medium:
- Stipple engraving, line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 15/16 × 13 1/8 inches (25.2 × 33.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower left: "Bartolozzi, F. (aft. Rigaud)" | c"
Lettered, lower left: "Rigaud pinxit."; lettered, ower right: "F. Bartolozzi Sculp."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.1338
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- altimeter | ambassador | assistant | benches | breeches (trousers) | coat | costume | cravat | curtain | curtains | dress | entertainment | feathers | fichu | flag | flying | fringe | gesture | hot air balloon | men | neckpiece | pilots | portrait | pose | rope | sky | travel | tricorne | Union Jack | velvet | women
- Associated People:
- Sage, Letitia Anne (née Hoare; ca.1750–1817) first British woman to fly
Lunardi, Vincenzo (1759–1806), balloonist
Biggin, George - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:13796
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