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A.C. Pugin and J. Bluck after T. Rowlandson, Vauxhall Garden, 1809, from Ackermann’s Microcosm of London III, pl.88. Courtesy of Yale University Press“[It] is peculiarly adapted to the taste of the English nation; there being a mixture of curious shew – gay exhibition – musick – vocal and instrumental, not too refined for the general ear – for all which only a shilling is paid – and, though last not least, good eating and drinking for those who choose to purchase that regale.” — Dr Johnson, quoted by Boswell (1776)
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