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Vaux-Hall,
published 1785
Francis Jukes, British, 1745–1812
after Thomas Rowlandson, 1756/57–1827; born and died London, England
Engraved by Robert Pollard I, British, 1755–1838
Published by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812; born Derby, England; died Doncaster, England
after Thomas Rowlandson, 1756/57–1827; born and died London, England
Engraved by Robert Pollard I, British, 1755–1838
Published by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812; born Derby, England; died Doncaster, England
x1946-341
The Spring Gardens at Vauxhall were the most prominent of the commercial pleasure gardens to arise in London in the eighteenth century. They were popular with all levels of British society; for a single admission fee anyone could have access to private supper rooms and public entertainment— from fireworks to musical performances. In this etching from 1785, resplendent with caricatures of famous personalities from the day, the British satirical artist Thomas Rowlandson represented the boisterous, often risqué, mix of high and low society typically seen in Vauxhall Gardens.
Information
Title
Vaux-Hall
Dates
published 1785
Maker
Medium
Hand colored etching and aquatint
Dimensions
image: 48.3 × 75 cm (19 × 29 1/2 in.)
plate: 54.6 × 78.8 cm (21 1/2 × 31 in.)
sheet: 55.3 × 79.6 cm (21 3/4 × 31 5/16 in.)
mat: 69.1 × 93.5 cm (27 3/16 × 36 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Laura P. Hall Memorial Collection
Object Number
x1946-341
Place Made
Europe, England, London
Inscription
Inscribed in plate beneath image, lower left to right: Drawn by T. Rowlandson / Aquatinto by F. Jukes / Engraved by R. Pollard
Titled and inscribed in plate, lower center: VAUX-HALL / London, published June 28th 1785 by J. R. Smith No. 83 Oxford Street
Identified figures printed in frame along image, lower left to right: BOSWELL / DR. JOHNSON / MRS. THRALE OLIVER GOLDSMITH / CAPTAIN TOPHAM / ADMIRAL PAISLEY / DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE / LADY DUNCANNON / SIR HARRY BATE DUDLEY / JAMES PERRY / PERDITA ROBINSON / H.R.M. THE PRINCE OF WALES
Reference Numbers
Crace 659.150; Grego I.156-161, II.390
Type
Techniques
Subject
- Frederick Crace and John Gregory Grace, A catalogue of maps, plans, and views of London, Westminster & Southwark (London: Spottiswoode & Co., printers, 1878)., no. 150, p. 659
- Joseph Grego, Rowlandson the Caricaturist, His Life, Works, and Times (London: Chatto and Windus, 1880)., nos. I.180 and II.390
- Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker, eds., Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, (Leipzig: Engelmann, 1907-1950)., Vol. 37: p. 324
- Victor Rienaecker, Print-collector's quarterly 19 (1932): 11., p. 11
- Art Young, Thomas Rowlandson (New York: Willey Book Co., 1938).
