Jubilee Venetian masquerade ball in Ranelagh Gardens, Chelsea, London nineteenth century A lady in red hiding

A lady in red hiding in the woods

shows north front from the Horticultural Society Gardens

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

pictured on a pavement with a box of rhubarb

hands on one hip

Jubilee Venetian masquerade ball in Ranelagh Gardens, Chelsea, London nineteenth century A lady in red hidingJubilee 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.