A View of the Rotundo House, at Ranelagh Gardens with an exack representation of the Jubilee ball as it appeared May 24th 1759, being the brithday of his Royal Highness George Prince of Wales.

A magnificent view of a Royal Ball in front of the Rotunda at Ranelagh, with crowds, a masquerade and Maypole dancing. Ranelagh Gardens was one of the largest and most spectacular pleasure gardens of the era, and a playground for royalty and the wealthy for the latter eighteenth century. Like its great rival Vauxhall Gardens, it fell into decay in the early nineteenth-century. It was closed in 1805. The site of the rotunda, subject of a famous picture by Canaletto, is now marked by a summer house.

Excellent condition. Line wash mount, mounted size, 60.5 x 48.5 cm.