N. B. This is a very early version of a restoration i'm working on. Library of congress description:
print showing large crowd gathered before pavilion in vauxhall gardens where mrs. Weichsel ([elizabeth] billington) [sic, see below] is singing, in the lower left, dr. Johnson is seated at a table, eating, facing front, with james boswell and oliver goldsmith seated at the ends of the table, to the right of center, the prince of wales [later george iv] is whispering in the left ear of perdita (mrs. [mary darby] robinson). N. B. : the singer is not elizabeth billington, but her mother, frederika weichsel. Additional information:
the image description page of a previous, low-res version on en-wiki says that the two women in the centre are georgiana, duchess of devonshire and her sister lady duncannon. No source is given. Date: 28 June 1785. Medium: engraving. Vauxhall - Dr. Johnson, Oliver Goldsmith, Mary Robinson, et al
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