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Object Type
Museum number: 1880,1113.2451
Title: Object: A View of the Rotunda House & Gardens at Ranelagh with an exack representation of the Jubilee Ball as it appeared May 24th 1759 being the birth day of his Royal Highness George Prince of Wales
Description: View in a garden looking towards the rotunda with a crowd of figures in the foreground, including musicians, jesters and dancers, the figures wearing masks. 1751 Etching and engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Nathaniel Parr; After: Antonio Canaletto; Published by: Robert Sayer
School/style
Production date: 1751
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: engraving; etching
Dimensions: Height: 264 millimetres; Width: 402 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: There is an earlier state of this plate, dated 1751, also in the Crace Collection. For that and further comment see 1880,1113.2452.
Bibliographic references: Crace 1878 / A Catalogue of Maps, Plans and Views of London, Westminster and Southwark, collected and arranged by Frederick Crace (XIII.70); Adams 1983 / London Illustrated 1604-1850: a survey and index of topographical books and their plates (191.59)
Location: Not on display
Associated places: Topographic representation of: London
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1880
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1880,1113.2451

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