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CARTOON: LAST WEEK OF THE SEASON, VAUXHALL GARDENS

CARTOON: LAST WEEK OF THE SEASON, VAUXHALL GARDENS

An engraved cartoon depicting a rain-soaked waiter with wine glasses beneath an arch of fairy lights and titled: 'The Last Week of the Season at Vauxhall'. The season at Vauxhall gardens was noted at the time as often interrupted by poor weather. An article accompanying this image reported: 'We regret to say that Vauxhall experienced its usual luck during the last week of its season, which was the nightly succession of tremendous overflows.'From Punch Magazine, dated 1848. 
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Ref:11623
Identifier:Punch 1848 p.155
Date:1848

#-Before 1850  #BRIXTON  #Engraving  #ENTERTAINMENT  #Punch Magazine