New London Magazine. Mrs. Sage, The first Female Aerial Traveller, Ascended from St. George's Fields June 29, 1785. Mr. Biggin, a favorite English Aerial Traveller, Ascended from St. George's Fields June 29, 1785.
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Object Details
Date
November 1, 1785
Type
ART-Prints, Original
Medium
Print, Etching on Paper, Uncolored
Physical Description
Uncolored etching of portraits of Mrs. Letitia Sage and Mr. George Biggin for New London Magazine. Mrs. Sage and Mr. Biggin were both English Aerial Travelers, and this print is commemorating a flight they took together from St. George's Fields on June 29, 1785.
'Thornton sculp. Published by Alexr. Hogg at the Kings Arms No. 16 Paternoster Row, Nov. 1, 1785.'
Dimensions
Mat: 25.4 × 30.5cm (10 × 12 in.)
Unmatted: 14 × 23.3cm (5 1/2 × 9 3/16 in.) Inventory Number
A20140605000
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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