Juvenile Fete and Balloon Race at Cremorne Gardens, London - a print from a page of The Illustrated London News magazine,1859 art poster canvas gift Elizabethan London vintage The composition unfolds from left

The composition unfolds from left to right

Richard Doyle (1824 - 1883) was a British illustrator of Victorian era

The fortified farm of Hougoumont appears in the middle distance

The battle has reversed the strategic military balance between Britain and France and established the Royal Navy as dominant force

printed and hand-coloured in London in 1671

Juvenile Fete and Balloon Race at Cremorne Gardens, London - a print from a page of The Illustrated London News magazine,1859 art poster canvas gift Elizabethan London vintage The composition unfolds from left"Juvenile Fete and Balloon Race at Cremorne Gardens, London" an antique Victorian engraved and hand coloured print from The Illustrated London News magazine, 17th September 1859. Cremorne Gardens were a Victorian attraction, popular pleasure gardens by the side of the River Thames in Chelsea, London. They lay between Chelsea Harbour and the end of the King's Road and flourished between 1845 and 1877. Opened in 1845, they were noisy and colourful