Person: SAGE, Mrs Letitia (fl. 1780s)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Mrs Letitia Anne SAGE

Gender

female

Relevance of this person

English actress and subject of lantern slides

Main period of activity

1780s

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

date unknown

born at

unknown location

date unknown

died at

unknown location

Slides showing image of this person

Slide set reference

image appears in: The conquest of the air: chapter I -- balloons (lecture: W. Butcher & Sons, 8 slides, 1910)

Notes

She was the first Englishwoman to fly in a balloon, in June 1785.

Lucerna ID 6004007

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 27 September 2013

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Person: SAGE, Mrs Letitia (fl. 1780s)