[334] From about 1827 the entrance chiefly used by the public was the “coach-entrance” at the corner of Kennington Lane.
[335] This has been attributed to Roubillac, but Mr. Dobson thinks that it was probably by Henry Cheere who made such leaden statues for gardens. The statue was cleared in 1779 of the bushes that had grown round it, and it was still in the gardens in 1817.
[336] In 1818 it was removed to the house of Dr. Jonathan Tyers Barrett in Duke Street, Westminster; it was described lately (1894) as being in the possession of Mr. Alfred Littleton.
[337] On Lowe, see supra, p. 50, p. 101 f., and p. 243.
[338] As to the introduction of the covered walk see infra, § 4.
[339] Trusler’s London Adviser, p. 163.
[340] Notes and Queries, 6th ser. ix. (1884), p. 208.
[341] Evelina, Letter xlvi. Cp. The Macaroni and Theatrical Magazine for September 1773, p. 529, which gives a plate showing “the Macaroney Beaus and Bells in an Uproar, or the last Evening at Vauxhall Gardens” (W. Coll.).
[342] The Gazeteer and New Daily Advertiser, 29 June, 1772.
[343] The Vauxhall Affray, or the Macaronies defeated, London, 1773; Westminster Magazine for September 1773, p. 558; The Macaroni and Theatrical Magazine for August 1773, where there is a copper-plate showing the parson fighting the footman (W. Coll.).