English society of the eighteenth century in contemporary art (1907)
Davies, Randall, 1866-1946 · London, Seeley and co., limited; New York, E.P. Dutton & co. · leaf 62
nd disposition of the gardens cost sixteenthousand pounds. Twice a week there are to be ridottos, at guinea-tickets, for which you are to have a supper and music. I was therelast night [he adds] but did not find the joy of it. Vauxhall is a littlebetter; for the garden is pleasanter and one goes by… … HOGARTH ^ND HIS TIMES 31 secluded alleys and al fresco suppers of Vauxhall. At Ranelagh therewas only tea and bread and butter, and the chief amusement, suchas it was, was to promenade round and round the Rotunda. Butthere were great occasions, and perhaps the greatest of these wasthe Venetian Fete…
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