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An etching is made by transferring ink held in grooves on a flat copper plate onto a sheet of paper. The grooves are made by the action of acid eating into ('etching') the surface of the copper plate.<br><br><b>Subject Depicted</b><br>The subject depicted is a masquerade taking place at Ranelagh Gardens (located in a part of London, called Chelsea). A masquerade was a sort of fancy dress party where guests also disguised their identities with masks for part or all of the evening. In the background is Ranelagh's most famous feature: the round building called the Rotunda. This was designed by William Jones, architect of the East India Company, and built in 1741.<br><br><b>People</b><br>The woman in the centre foreground, standing between a friar and the clown Pantaloon, is Elizabeth Chudleigh. In 1749, she caused a sensation by appearing at a masquerade at Ranelagh, dressed as the sacrificial victim Iphigenia, in an outfit with a see-through top. Elizabeth Montagu, who had gone as Queen Henrietta Maria, remarked, 'Miss Chudleigh's dress, or rather undress, was remarkable; she was Iphigenia for the sacrifice, but so naked the high priest might easily inspect the entrails of the victim.'","physicalDescription":"Print with a view of Ranelagh Gardens.  In the background is the Rotunda, a large building fronted by an arcade.  In the foreground is a large crowd of figures, some in masquerade dress, merrymaking.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Parr, Nathaniel","id":"A8719"},"association":{"text":"etcher","id":"AAT25174"},"note":""},{"name":{"text":"Robert Sayer","id":"A26743"},"association":{"text":"publisher","id":"AAT25574"},"note":""},{"name":{"text":"Giovanni Antonio Canaletto","id":"A8216"},"association":{"text":"artist","id":"AAT25103"},"note":"after"}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Etching","categories":[{"text":"Prints","id":"THES48903"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2006AM2955"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"52F (VA)","id":"THES49252"},"free":"","case":"WS","shelf":"","box":"7"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"print","id":"AAT41273"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"published","id":"x30682"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1751","earliest":"1751-01-01","latest":"1751-12-31"},"association":{"text":"published","id":"x30682"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"37.3","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"paper","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"54.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"paper","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Measured; 06/08/2000 by Mounters\n\nPlate size : H:26  x  W:40","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"'A View of the Rotundo House & Gardens at Ranelagh , with an exack [sic] representation of the Jubilee Ball, as it appeared May 24th. 1751. being the Birth Day of his Royal Highness George Prince of Wales/ Printed for & Sold by Robt. 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By offering a large covered space, Ranelagh's popularity was less dependent on good weather than Vauxhall's.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["E.1736-1898"],"accessionNumberNum":"1736","accessionNumberPrefix":"E","accessionYear":1898,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LP1391","2019LR5837","2019LV6544"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-10-17","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27","availableToBook":false}}