Letitia Ann Sage
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Letitia Ann Sage was the first British woman to fly, making her ascent on 29 June 1785, in a balloon launched by Vincenzo Lunardi from St George's Fields in London. She was also an actress and a write
Letitia Ann Sage
Letitia Ann Sage, 1785, engraving by Thomas Burke
Engraving by Rigaud of George Biggin, Mrs Hoare and Vincenzo Lunardi in a balloon
St George's Fields
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St George's Fields was an area of Southwark in South London, England.
Letitia Ann Sage
…1817) was the first British woman to fly, making her ascent on 29 June 1785, in a balloon launched by Vincenzo Lunardi (an Italian aeronaut) from St George's Fields in London. She was also an actress and a writer. She is thought to have been an actress and to have appeared at Covent Garden in 1773, and at some point…
Roque 1746 London d3
Bethlem Hospital in St George's Fields by Thomas Shepherd (c.1830)
Obelisk at St George's Circus