Jubilee Venetian masquerade ball in Ranelagh Gardens, Chelsea, London, 1749. Artist: Nathaniel Parr

Jubilee Venetian masquerade ball in Ranelagh Gardens, Chelsea, London, 1749. Artist: Nathaniel Parr

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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.

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