Title

'The Exercise of See Saw', Vauxhall Gardens, Lambeth, London, c1745. Artist: Anon

Caption

'The Exercise of See Saw', Vauxhall Gardens, Lambeth, London, c1745; showing a young man and woman on a see-saw. As the woman loses her balance she is thrown into the arms of another man standing behind her. This precarious game is watched by four onlookers.

Date

1745

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Reference

HRM19A92_113

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (3,1Mb) / 17,4in x 11,2in / 5209 x 3353 (300dpi)

Keywords

park building buildings London England female women woman people male man men garden fall play playing entertainment game guy spectator balance catching ruins ruin dress location pleasure fallen century falling lady concept ruined pastime B&W MONOCHROME metaphor see-saw black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century Lambeth Guildhall Library & Art Gallery in the balance pleasure garden TGN Vauxhall Vauxhall Gardens pleasure gardens engraving Anon Anonymous Francis Francis Hayman;Hayman