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Rigaud, John Francis, 1742–1810
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Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
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Devis, Arthur William, 1762–1822
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Biggin, George (died 1803)
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Lunardi, Vincenzo (1759–1806), balloonist
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Sage, Letitia Anne (née Hoare; ca.1750–1817) first British woman to fly
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Robinson, Mary (1756/1758?–1800), author and actress
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Exhibition History
The Conversation Piece - Arthur Devis & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-10-01 - 1980-11-30)
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Imaginative Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-02-01 - 2006-08-18)
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Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
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Two Extraordinary Women : The Lives and Art of Maria Cosway (1760-1838) and Mary Darby Robinson (1757-1800) (The Fralin Museum of Art, University of Virginia, 2016-01-29 - 2016-05-01)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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John Francis Rigaud, 1742–1810
Captain Vincenzo Lunardi with his Assistant George Biggin, and Letitia Anne Sage (née Hoare), in a Balloon
1785
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Arthur William Devis, 1762–1822
A Couple, Traditionally Identified as Mr. and Mrs. Fraser
1785 to 1790
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Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Ascension of Madame Sage, Chevalier Biggin and Captain Vincent Lunardi in a Balloon, June 20, 1785
1785
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Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Mary Robinson
1785