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

'2 Bunches a Penny Primroses

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

shows north front from the Horticultural Society Gardens

A man - presumably her husband - holds the rope

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.