Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
John Francis Rigaud, 1742–1810, French, active in Britain (from 1771)
Title:
Captain Vincenzo Lunardi with his Assistant George Biggin, and Letitia Anne Sage (née Hoare), in a Balloon
Date:
1785
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on copper
Dimensions:
19 x 14 inches (48.3 x 35.6 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.532
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
invention | gesture | pose | men | ballooning | fringe | velvet | gold braid | benches | curtains | coats | hats | breeches (trousers) | cravats | scientific instruments | ropes | portrait | assistant | woman | tricorne | dress (costume) | gown | ambassador | altimeter | neckpiece | fichu | balloon | hot-air balloon | entertainment | trim | feathers | costume | science | historical subject | sky | Union Jack | actress
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Imaginative Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-02-01 - 2006-08-18)

Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)

The Conversation Piece - Arthur Devis & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-10-01 - 1980-11-30)
Publications:
Gemma Brace, Air Visualising the Invisible in British Art 1768-2017, Sansom & Co., Bristol, p. 18, fig. 6, N6764 .A57 2017 (YCBA)

Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 188-189, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)

Ellen G. D'Oench, The Conversation Piece: Arthur Devis & his contemporaries, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1980, p. 77, cat.no. 66, fig. 19, NJ18 D5151 D64 OVERSIZE
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1016