2-632-393 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'An admission ticket to Vauxhall Gardens', 1786, (1912). A printed ticket for the Vauxhall Jubilee of 1786, a celebration of Spring Gardens' own history. The ticket has been signed and dated by Jonathan Tyers the Elder (the younger). Jonathan Tyers the Elder (the Elder) (1702-1767) the proprietor of New Spring Gardens opened in 1661, later known as Vauxhall Gardens, a popular pleasure garden in Kennington, London. From London - South of the Thames, by Sir Walter Besant. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1912]