Displaying 1 of 1 2011 Format: Book Author: Coke, David. Title: Vauxhall Gardens : a history / David Coke & Alan Borg. Publisher, Date: New Haven : Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, ©2011. Description: xii, 473 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits, plans, music, facsimiles ; 29 cm Summary: In the first book on the subject for over fifty years, Alan Borg and David E. Coke reveal the teeming life, the spectacular art and the ever-present music of Vauxhall in fascinating detail. Subjects: Arts, British -- England -- London -- History. Amusements -- England -- London -- History. Popular culture -- England -- London -- History. Vauxhall Gardens (London, England) -- History. London (England) -- History. London (England) -- Intellectual life -- 18th century. London (England) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century. Other Author: Borg, Alan. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Shortlisted for the Art Book Prize (formerly Banister Fletcher Prize), 2012. Contents: Introduction -- The new spring garden -- The master-builder of delight -- Favourite fancies -- Universal harmony -- The establishment -- This inchanted grove -- A composition of baubles -- Positively the last night forever -- Appendices -- Chronology. LCCN: 2010051068 ISBN: 9780300173826 0300173822 Other Number: 693684108 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 311379 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 712.60942 Coke Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
