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D5459 - George Murgatroyd Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist - [c1780]-1840
- 1 - Drawings - [c1780]-1809
  - 28 - [Drawings of Balloons] - 1783 - 1786

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D5459/1/28/8
Former Reference	D5459/2/140
Title	A Representation of Mrs Sage the first English Female Aerial Traveller , ascending with George Biggin Esq, from the Royal George Rotunda in St Georges Fields. - This aerial journey was perform'd on Wednesday with Mr Lunardi's New British Flag Balloon. Available on CD 157.
Date	[1785]
Description	A picture of a man and woman (Mrs. Sage and Mr. Biggin) standing in a basket draped with red curtains, suspended beneath a balloon decorated with the Union Jack. Mr Biggin waves a Union Jack flag in one hand.
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Artist	Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809)
Archive Creator	George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further Information	The flight took place on 29 Jun 1785.
Physical Description	Coloured drawing. Size 382 x 300 mm. Portrait
Copies	A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Related Material	See D5459/1/28/6 for more information on Lunardi and the flight, and D5459/1/28/7 for another very similar drawing of the balloon.
Publication Note	Rolt, 1966.
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