Vauxhall Gardens shewing the Grand Walk at the Entrance of the Garden and the Orchestra with Musick Playing, 1751

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Medium

etching and engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 28.2 x 41.5 cm (11 1/8 x 16 5/16 in.)

sheet: 32.6 x 45.3 cm (12 13/16 x 17 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

1996.69.4

Artists / Makers

Johann Sebastian Müller (artist) German, 1715 - 1785 or after

Samuel Wale (artist after) British, possibly 1721 - 1786

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: Wale delin.; lower right in plate: Müller sc.; across bottom left in plate: VAUXHALL GARDENS, shewing the Grand Walk, / at the entrance of the Garden, and the Orchestra, with the Musick Playing; across bottom right in plate: La Grande Allée a l'entree des JARDINS de VAUXHALL, / L'Orchestra, et les Musisiens.; lower center in plate: Publis'd according to Act of Parliament Novr. 25.1751. / Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill.

Provenance

(James Bergquist, Boston); purchased 1996 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bergquist, James A., Mr.