Simpson, C.[hristopher] H.[erbert] | A gala in celebration of Vauxhall Gardens' illustrious Master of Ceremonies

Simpson, C.[hristopher] H.[erbert]

Mr. Simpson's Own Address to the Public. [London: np, August 1833] 

Broadside (390 x 225 mm). Printed with a profusion of type sizes, vignette of C.H. Simpson at center; old folds, one or two closed marginal tears, staining and small chip along top edge. Matted, framed, and glazed with Plexiglas; not examined out of frame. 

"By the early nineteenth century Vauxhall Gardens became London's major center for outdoor entertainment…Among the curious attractions at Vauxhall was Simpson himself. A fixture as master of ceremonies at the Gardens for thirty-six years, he was known for his 'florid humility' in his address and writings. A short fellow with a smallpox-scarred face, he always affected the attitude captured by the artist George Cruikshank, which is pictured on this handsome broadside" (EE 98).

REFERENCE:

EE, pp. 98-9