Tom and Jerry larking at a Masquerade Supper at the Opera House 1821 60.43/3 Vauxhall Gardens poster

Vauxhall Gardens poster

in 1895 he was convicted of committing homosexual acts and sentenced to two years hard labour in prison

Initially pedestrians and vehicles had to pay to cross

Viewed from an upper-storey window at the corner of Shoe Lane

and reaching farther than the eye can see

Tom and Jerry larking at a Masquerade Supper at the Opera House 1821 60.43/3 Vauxhall Gardens posterTom and Jerry larking at a Masquerade Supper at the Opera House. One of 36 scenes from real life, designed and etched by I. R. and G. Cruikshank in the book: Life in London: or, the day and night scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their rambles and sprees through the Metropolis.