George Biggin, Letitia Sage and Vincenzo Lunardi

Lithograph of George Biggin, Letitia Sage and Vincenzo Lunardi ascending from St George's Fields, London, 29 June 1785 (Cuthbert-Hodgson Collection) based on an original eyewitness drawing by Rigaud (C.F.A. Pierce Collection). A coloured version of this lithograph is also held in the Royal Aeronautical Society's Library. [Mrs Letitia Ann Sage was the first Englishwoman to ascend into the air.]

1785 Ascend Ascending Biggin Cuthbert Englishwoman Eyewitness Hodgson Letitia Lunardi Rigaud Sage Societys Vincenzo

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