Title

'The Rotunda, Ranelagh Gardens'

Caption

'The Rotunda, Ranelagh Gardens', c1876. Ranelagh House, built in 1688-89 by the Earl of Ranelagh was a fashionable, open air music venue and pleasure garden in Chelsea. From "Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places. The Western and Northern Studies", by Edward Walford. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York]

Date

1876

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F22_409

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

63,3Mb (3,9Mb) / 18,9in x 13,0in / 5675 x 3900 (300dpi)

Keywords

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