print
- Museum number
- 1875,0508.1432
- Title
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Object: The Chinese House, the Rotunda & the Company in Masquerade in Renelagh Gardens
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Series: A Collection of Views of old London and its environs
- Description
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View in Ranelagh Gardens; many figures in masks gathering in gardens and in the Chinese House, the large circular building of the Rotunda in the background; first published in 1751, this state c.1840
Etching
- Production date
- 1751
- Dimensions
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Height: 285 millimetres
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Width: 415 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This plate was first published in the series 'Vauxhall and Ranelagh Gardens', listed in John Bowles' catalogue for 1753 p. 46 and this is plate number 8. The plate was reissued a number of times, before coming into the hands of Francis West in the mid-nineteenth century, whose 'Collection of Views' used the plates from the stock of John Bowles and his successors. By this stage the plates were not in good condition, which explains the poor impression.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1875
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1875,0508.1432
