View of the Grand Walk etc. in Vauxhall Gardens

View of the Grand Walk etc. in Vauxhall Gardens taken from the Entrance'. Vauxhall Gardens was one of the great pleasure grounds of London and this image of 1751 shows a formal avenue of trees, a bandstand (right), and fashionably dressed men and women. Engraving by English engraver and draughtsman Edward Rooker (c1712-1774) after the painting by Antonio Canaletto (1697-1768) Italian. Hand-coloured engraving circa 1760

1751 1760 Bandstand Canaletto Draughtsman Engraver Fashionably Hand-coloured Horticulture Rooker Vauxhall

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