Fancy Dress Collection (page 4)

Prince Albert in costume as Plantagenet King Edward III for the Bal Costume, May 12 1842, (1843). Albert (1819-1861) is dressed as Edward III (1312-1377)

Queen Charlotte in Dressing Room with Prince and Duke in Fancy Dress, c1766, (1948) Creator
Queen Charlotte in Her Dressing Room with the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York in Fancy Dress, c1766, (1948). From " English Fashion", by Alison Settle. [Collins, London, 1948]

The Season, 1895. Victorian fancy dress: German national costume, an insect, 18th century outfits, and Columbine with dress made of ribbons

After the Fancy Dress Ball, 1920. Artist: Claude Allin Shepperson
After the Fancy Dress Ball, 1920. From Londoners Then and Now As Pictured By Their Contemporaries, edited by Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1920]

Scene of a masquerade at the Pantheon, Oxford Street, Westminster, London, 1773. Artist
Scene of a masquerade at the Pantheon, Oxford Street, Westminster, London, 1773. Designed by James Wyatt, the Pantheon was a place of public entertainment that opened in 1772

Interior view of a masquerade at the Kings Theatre, Haymarket, London, 1821

Figures dressed in masquerade costume at Vauxhall Gardens, Lambeth, London, 1782

Jubilee Venetian masquerade ball in Ranelagh Gardens, Chelsea, London, 1749. Artist
Jubilee Venetian masquerade ball in Ranelagh Gardens, Chelsea, London, 1749. People in fancy dress for a masquerade ball; some are dressed as monks and nuns, sultans or cossacks

Musicians, Dickens Festival, Rochester, Kent. Every year, Rochester stages its Dickens festival, celebrating the citys connection with the author Charles Dickens

Dickens Festival, Rochester, Kent. Every year, Rochester stages its Dickens festival, celebrating the citys connection with the author Charles Dickens

Avant Les Trois Coups, 1900. In theatre, les trois coups (the three blows) are hit on the floor of the stage with a stick called brigadier, just before the start of a performance

Juvenile Ball at the Mansion House - Between the Dances, 1891. Artist: William Luker
Juvenile Ball at the Mansion House - Between the Dances, 1891. Mansion House is the official residence of the Lord Mayor of London

The Handley Cross Fancy Ball, 1854. Artist: John Leech
The Handley Cross Fancy Ball, 1854. From Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrockss Hunt, by Robert Smith Surtees. [Bradbury and Evans, London, 1854]

A Lady in Fancy Dress, c1846-1900, (1937). Artist: Thomas Faed
A Lady in Fancy Dress. After a painting by Thomas Faed (1826-1900). From The Studio Vol. 114 [At the Offices of the Studio Ltd. London, 1937]

Ceremony celebrating the crossing of the equator on board the airship Graf Zeppelin, 1930 (1933). A photograph from Zeppelin-Weltfahrten

Fancy dress competition, c1900

A students ball, Paris, 1931. Artist: Ernest Flammarion
A students ball, Paris, 1931. Illustration from the book Paris published by Ernest Flammarion, (1931)

Fancy-dress ball at the new Grand Opera House, Paris, for the benefit of the poor, 1875. A print from The Illustrated London News, (20 February 1861)

Costume Ball at Buckingham Palace, c1840s, (1900). Queen Victoria as Queen Philippa at the Plantagenet Ball. Illustration from The Life and Times of Queen Victoria, by Robert Wilson, (1900)

Prince George and Mary of Teck in fancy dress, Devonshire House Ball, 1897. The future King George V with his wife in Elizabethan costume

A Masquerade Ball, (1885). Artist: Urrabieta
A Masquerade Ball, (1885). Illustration from 18th Century Institutions, Usages And Costumes, France 1700-1789, by Paul Lacroix, (Paris, 1885)

Scenes from the Story of Fauvel, 15th century, (1870). Fauvel (the animal-headed creature at top left) is reprimanding a widow who has married again, while being serenaded by musicians below

Masque of Charles VI of France, c1480, (1910). Veils are distended by wires, with knights disguised in close-fitting hairy garments and masks

Queen Victoria as Queen Philippa at the Plantagenet Ball, Buckingham Palace, c1840s, (1901)

A Man in Fancy Dress, Early 18th cen Artist: German master
A Man in Fancy Dress, Early 18th cen.. Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

After the Masquerade, 1850s. Artist: Thomas Couture
After the Masquerade, 1850s. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Before the Fancy Dress Ball, 1762. Artist: Jean-Michel Moreau
Before the Fancy Dress Ball, 1762. Moreau the Younger, Jean Michel, (1741-1814). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

The Travelling Circus, c1870s. Artist: Frenzeny and Tavernier
The Travelling Circus, c1870s. Up until the 1870s, the circus travelled in wagons. Illustration from Adventures of America, 1857-1900, by John A Kouwenhoven, published by Harper & Brothers

Portrait of a woman, 1590s, (1896). Artist: Marcus Gheeraerts, the Younger
Portrait of a woman, 1590s, (1896). Formerly thought to be Queen Elizabeth I in fancy dress. Illustration after a picture in the Royal Collection at Hampton Court, from a work published by Boussod

The Language of Flowers, Nasturtium, Indifference, c1900. French trade cards advertising Chocolat-Louit. Private Collection

The language of Flowers, Snow drop, c1900
Snow drop, c1900. French trade cards advertising Chocolat-Louit. Private Collection

Ball of the Burning Men, 1393. (c1470). In 1393, Isabeau de Baviere organised a celebration of the marriage of one of her ladies-in-waiting

Tom, Jerry and Logic at the Grand Carnival, 1821. Artist: George Cruikshank
Tom, Jerry and Logic at the Grand Carnival, 1821. Illustration for Life in London by Pierce Egan, 1821

The Last Pantomime of the Season, 1859. Disraeli introduced his Reform Bill to the House early in 1859. However, because it was seen as a blatant attempt to conjure up extra Conservative votes

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