An advertisement for a joint exhibition at the Spring Gardens, Vauxhall, of a panaroma of London "painted on 10,000 square feet of canvas and displaying nearly 100,000 figures, 500 of the principal characters on the foreground the size of life."
Alternative Title:
Great Room, Spring Gardens. Novelty! Marshall's grand historical peristrephic panorama of the ceremony of the coronation ...
Description:
Title from first line of text., The exhibition described here and a sketched version of this text can be seen in Charles Williams' satirical print: The moving panorama, or, Spring Garden rout. London : Pubd. June, 1823 by S.W. Fores 41 Piccadilly, [June 1823]., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
J.B. Laidlaw, printer, 5 Spring Gardens
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Vauxhall Gardens (London, England)
"A young man hands a pretty young woman into a wherry which a young waterman, who is apparently standing in the water on the further side of the boat, holds against the landing-place. She raises her petticoats, the waterman stares at her legs."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., One of a series of "Drolls.", and One line of text below title: Be cautious my love, don't expose your leg.
In a large paneled room decorated with four paintings, a young couple play at battledore and shuttlecock. Another young woman, sitting on a low stool near the fireplace, appears to be keeping score
Alternative Title:
Diversion of battledore and shuttlecock
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint., Publisher inferred from another print in the series: The king and miller of Mansfied., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., and One of a series of engravings made from the paintings by Francis Hayman for the ballroom at Vauxhall Gardens in 1743.
In the foreground a car filled with passengers is pulled through the waves on the Thames by a pair of horses; other sailboats and rowboats sail in the same direction. In the distance is a cityscape of London and a bridge
Alternative Title:
Marine car and sea horses exhibited on the Thames and at Vauxhall in 1794
Description:
Title from text below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Vauxhall Gardens (London, England) and Thames River (England)
785.06.28.01 Framed, shelved in Object Room Rack 1.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An evening scene in Vauxhall Gardens. On the extreme left is the orchestra with the organ behind and performers on the kettledrums, string and wind instruments. The vocalist, Mrs. Weichsel, sings, in profile to the right, from the adjacent (and slightly lower) balcony, just above the heads of the crowd. A violinist and another musician are seated behind her. In the supper box beneath the orchestra is Dr. Johnson seated full-face, between Boswell and Goldsmith (d. 1774), who face each other in profile, both caricatured; of two stout women one is reputed to be Mrs. Thrale. Many groups fill the foreground and middle distance. The two centre figures are the Duchess of Devonshire and Lady Duncannon arm in arm. A naval officer with a wooden leg and a patch over one eye is reputed to be Admiral Paisley (Admiral Pasley, 1734-1808?). Major Topham, an excellent portrait, stands (left) in profile to the right staring through an eyeglass. Between Topham and the supper-box are two men, one of whom is identified as Lord Camelford. [In the reproduction in Angelo's 'Reminiscences'; to whom the name refers is not clear.] An elderly parson, [he closely resembles the parson of BMSat 7059 who is probably William Jackson of the 'Morning Post'] reputed to be Bate Dudley but not resembling him, gazes at the Duchess from behind a tree. Next him a man dressed as an officer in a Highland regiment with kilt and broadsword is supposed to be James Perry, editor of the 'Morning Chronicle'. On the right the Prince of Wales, conspicuous by his star, whispers to Mrs. Robinson (Perdita), though their liaison was ended. Her right arm is linked with an ugly and elderly little man, probably Robinson. On the extreme left an elderly couple advance arm in arm in profile. Behind the Prince is a group standing on a small platform (or tables), showing half length above the crowd. In the foreground (right) is a supper-table under trees where two cits entertain two courtesans. Lamp-lit trees and the covered way form a background on the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vauxhall
Description:
Title from item. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 28th 1785, by J.R. Smith, No. 83 Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
Vauxhall Gardens (London, England), London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818., Boswell, James, 1740-1795, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Bessborough, Henrietta Frances Spencer Ponsonby, Countess of, 1761-1821, Pitt, Thomas, Baron Camelford, 1737-1793, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774, Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Pasley, Thomas, Sir, 1734-1808, Perry, James, 1756-1821, Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821, Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800, and Topham, Edward, 1751-1820
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs, Parks, Audiences, Concerts, Couples, Crowds, Musicians, Orchestras, Peg legs, and Singers
"View of the new orchestra stand in Vauxhall Gardens at night; lights illuminating front, elegantly dressed figures dancing or watching orchestra in foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vauxhall Gardens
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 88., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 204., and 1 print : aquatint and etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.9 x 23.6 cm, on sheet 34.2 x 26.5 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. Octr. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Vauxhall Gardens (London, England), London (England), England, and London.
An album of music, songs, engravings, newspaper clippings, chapters from books, broadsides, maps, tickets, a watercolor, etc., all relating to Spring Gardens, Vauxhall with an emphasis on the music performed. Engravings include portraits of actors and performers, politicians, ladies of fashion, views of the gardens, maps, and both songs and engraved musical scores
Description:
In English., Title from spine., and Bound in half sprinkled calf, gilt panelled back, with crimson morocco label and gilt emblems of lyres.
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., and Vauxhall Gardens (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Lowe, Thomas, ca. 1719-1783., Vernon, Joseph, 1737 or 1738-1782., and Stevenson, Miss.
Monday, August 29, 1836, in celebration of the birth day of His Most Gracious Majesty, the patron of these gardens
Description:
Title from text within the four sides of the woodcut border, transcribed clockwise from the top., Letterpress text at center begins: Monday, August 29, 1836, in celebration of the birth day of His Most Gracious Majesty ..., Handbill, printed in red ink; with woodcut portraits of William IV in each corner of the border, and an additional woodcut at center depicting a crown with the words "The grandest night of the season.", "Doors open at half-past eight. Admission, four shillings.", Formerly mounted on a blue album sheet., and For further information, consult library staff.
