Vauxhall Gardens in London

A crowd of 'Nobles and Nobodies' in the popular pleasure garden Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens in London. Several figures from London high society can be identified. The vocalist on the balcony is the 38-year-old Frederika Weichsel. In the orchestra sits Jacob Nelson, the timpanist who performed at Vauxhall Gardens from 1753. Next to him sits John Abraham Fisher on oboe and possibly Hezekiah Cantelo. In front of Weichsel sits the violinist François Hippolite Barthélémon, who retired in 1783. James Hook, composer, organist, and musical director, may be visible between Barthélémon and the singers.