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Gardens, Lambeth, Vauxhall Gardens, Erato, uniface copper, unsigned [by R. Yeo after W. Hogarth], Erato seated left with lyre, Cupid holding torch at right, erato below, scrolled border, back dated (1746), 45 x 32mm, 20.25g (cf. E 1348; cf. D & W 85/288). A later striking from the die in lightly rusted state, good very fine and extremely rare; with integral loop for suspension £150-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tickets and Passes of London from the David Young Collection.

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Provenance: From the stock-in-trade of W.S. Lincoln, Glendining Auction, 6-7 March 1930, lot 44 (part); F.S. Cokayne Collection; DNW Auction T6, 19 March 2009, lot 640