Vauxhall Gardens

1785

Robert Pollard and Francis Jukes after Thomas Rowlandson, published by John Raphael Smith

Associated Names
Robert Pollard

Engraver, British, 1755 - 1838

Francis Jukes

Aquatinter, British, 1747 - 1812

John Raphael Smith

Publisher, British, 1752 - 1812

Thomas Rowlandson

Artist After, British, 1756 - 1827

This is a painting of an outdoor social gathering in a garden with a grand architectural structure. The scene features numerous figures in period clothing, gathered around a central pavilion adorned with intricate patterns and surrounded by tall trees. The architecture includes a dual-level balcony where some figures are observing the gathering below. The overall atmosphere is festive, suggesting a place of leisure and social interaction. This artwork is done in the style of Thomas Rowlandson.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint with hand coloring on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 53.9 x 75.5 cm (21 1/4 x 29 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.60.55

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Grego 1880, Vol. I, no. 156

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(David Tunick, New York); Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington, 1984; bequest to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1990

  • Clayton 1990, 77.

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 47.

Bibliography

1880

  • Grego, Joseph. Rowlandson the caricaturist; a selection from his works with anecdotal descriptions of his famous caricatures. 2 vols. London: Chattoand Windus, 1880. Reprint. New York: Collector's Editions, 1970.

1990

  • Clayton, Virginia Tuttle. Gardens on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1200-1900. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1990: 77.

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 47.

2021

  • Hoisington, Rena. Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya. Washington, 2021: 181, fig. 7.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Drawn by T. Rowlandson; lower center in plate: Aquatinto by F. Jukes.; lower right in plate: Engraved by R Pollard.; lower center in plate: VAUX-HALL / London publish'd June 28th 1785 by J.R. Smith No 83 - Oxford Street; by later hand, lower center in graphite: 27; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 1785 by; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 6280; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: (dimensions)

Wikidata ID

Q75119190

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