Sarah Hengler

Sarah Hengler (c.1765 – 9 October 1845) was a British businesswoman, pyrotechnist and firework artist.

[3] The property had a ground floor showroom, workshops for packing fireworks and accommodation for Hengler plus her staff and family members.

[2] Sarah Hengler was killed in a fire at the Asylum Buildings premises during October 1845.

[11][12][13][3] Her son Michael performed as a tightrope dancer on the same bill as Madame Saqui in the Hippdrome in Paris in 1852, to "immense success".

[14][15] In 1830, Hood's Comic Annual published an Ode to Madame Hengler, the Firework maker to Vauxhall and in 1839 the poet Thomas Hood also wrote an Ode to Madame Hengler.

Madame Saqui in a short tunic and trousers, running down a tightrope surrounded by fireworks, over a large crowd gathered watching her outside surrounded by trees in Vauxhall Gardens