Vauxhall [ Sports & Leisure ]
… who would book it when entering, and spend the evening in conversation while being served cold meats and cakes and drinks: the sociability of small groups – but it was claimed that a total of 3000 people could be served. The layout … credit of a fine taste for the piece behind her’. 1 The supper boxes had paintings by Hayman (1739) representing children’s games and rustic activities, and Hogarth made The Four Times of the Day (1738) for Vauxhall – Covent Garden market … the different versions of social occasions, from walks with the crowds to more intimate suppers in lodges. In Fanny Burney’s novel Evelina (1778), where the young heroine discovering London is taken to Vauxhall by relatives, she admires …
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