Jubilee Venetian masquerade ball in Ranelagh Gardens, Chelsea, London nineteenth century the ascent of a hot-air

the ascent of a hot-air balloon from the bridge

as it was in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I

pictured on a pavement with a box of rhubarb

The woman on the left is wearing an evening dress as it is off the shoulder

'Fresh Gathered Peas Young Hostings'

Jubilee Venetian masquerade ball in Ranelagh Gardens, Chelsea, London nineteenth century the ascent of a hot-airJubilee Venetian masquerade ball in Ranelagh Gardens, Chelsea, London, 1749. People in fancy dress for a masquerade ball; some are dressed as monks and nuns, sultans or cossacks, others as characters from the Commedia dell'Arte including Pulcinello, or Mr Punch. The fashionable Rotunda can be seen behind.