Jubilee Venetian masquerade ball in Ranelagh Gardens, Chelsea, London nineteenth century 'Fresh Gathered Peas Young Hostings'

'Fresh Gathered Peas Young Hostings'

shows north front from the Horticultural Society Gardens

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

A lady in red hiding in the woods

A man - presumably her husband - holds the rope

Jubilee Venetian masquerade ball in Ranelagh Gardens, Chelsea, London nineteenth century 'Fresh Gathered Peas Young Hostings'Jubilee 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.