A view of the rotundo, house & gardens at Ranelagh, with an exack [sic] representation of the Jubilee Ball, as it appeared May 24th, 1759 being the birth day of his Royal Highness George Prince of Wales
Unknown Artist
Line engraving with some etching by an unidentified engraver after Canaletto. A version was printed and published by Robert Sayer in 1751; the copy here is dated 1759 and numbered '73' indicating from a series of images. View of the Rotunda and Ranelagh House in Ranelagh Gardens, Chelsea, during a Jubilee Ball. In the foreground a crowd of costumed figures have gathered, on the right a maypole dance is taking place.
c. 1759
7053
Image and text courtesy of The Gerald Coke Handel Foundation, 2021
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