Vauxhall Gardens in the ghostly past

From the 17th until the mid-19th century, Vauxhaul was a popular leisure destination for Londoners to enjoy gardens, music, strolling, and eating. The costume display at the London Museum in December 2010 included a case display of figures attired in clothes of the period, on dark mannequins which has the effect of minimizing their faces and creating a magical environment of ghostly figures beautifully dressed, commemorating a vanished period. Here the dark silhouette of a visitor walking by the display adds to the mysterious and ambiguous effect. The pleasure gardens were closed in 1859 and the land sold for building.

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Copyright: © JLD Tifft 2011
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From the 17th until the mid-19th century, Vauxhaul was a popular leisure destination for Londoners to enjoy gardens, music, strolling, and eating. The costume display at the London Museum in December 2010 included a case display of figures attired in clothes of the period, on dark mannequins which has the effect of minimizing their faces and creating a magical environment of ghostly figures beautifully dressed, commemorating a vanished period. Here the dark silhouette of a visitor walking by the display adds to the mysterious and ambiguous effect. The pleasure gardens were closed in 1859 and the land sold for building.