Vauxhall [ Sports & Leisure ]
… Müller, ‘Vauxhall Gardens, shewing the Grand Walk at the entrance of the garden, and the Orchestra, with the Musick playing’, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 1755. Image Samuel Wale, A General Prospect of Vaux Hall Gardens (1751). … Vauxhall to compete with other gardens. A rehearsal of Handel’s Fireworks Music took place in 1749, with 100 musicians playing to an audience of 12000. Transparency shows took place in 1788, lights in motion in 1791, fireworks in 1798, and …
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