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Sobranie cigarettes advertisement, 1963Advertisement for Sobranie Cocktail cigarettes, available in a variety of fancy rainbow colours with gold tips - like all the best parties well bred, well dressed and perfectly packed. Date: 1963
Fancy Pigeon BreedsFancy pigeon breeds (Columbidae species)
Racing pigeon releaseRacing pigeons released from their traps from transport lorries at the start of a race from Worcestershire to Tipton in The Black Country in the English Midlands Date: 1992
The Chelsea Arts Club Dazzle BallA flamboyant fancy-dress ball given by the Chelsea Arts Club at the Albert Hall. It was based on the principles of Dazzle
The Sites of London, by William Heath RobinsonHumorous designs for London fancy dress parties by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans
The Bright Young People - mock Rayner-Ponsonby weddingA group of Bright Young Things indulging in one of their many silly pranks, in this case a mock wedding where Elizabeth Ponsonby married John Rayner. The best man was Robert Byron
The carnival in the port of Spain, Trinidad, 1888. People cavort in fancy dress through the street, some playing banjos, others brandishing what looks like bladders on sticks
The fancy fair, Princes Park, Liverpool, August, 1849. Print shows a festival and balloon ascension during the campaign to raise funds in support of the Northern and Southern Hospitals in Liverpool
New Years Eve Party, Chelsea Arts Ball, 1923Photograph showing the revellers at the Chelsea Arts Ball, on New Years Eve, 1923. A monumental John Bull figure looks down on the party goers in their fancy dress costumes
DREADNOUGHT HOAXVIRGINIA WOOLF as a young woman, with Duncan Grant, Adrian Stephen, Anthony Buxton, Guy Ridley and Horace Cole as " The Emperor of Abyssinia and His Suite"
Carnival in Venice by C. H. ShepardGlowing and colourful scene showing various masked revellers enjoying the Carnival in Venice
Stephen Tennant as Prince CharmingStephen Tennant in fancy dress at the Pageant of Romantic Historical Lovers. The party was organised by Olga Lynn for Marie Tempests London Pride matinee at the New Theatre
Our Fancy RabbitsAn illustration of various breeds of rabbit drawn for The Boys Own Paper by F. A. Lydon
PIrate knitting patternA gay, swashbuckling three-piece to knit for teenagers! The 1950s were a more innocent time
X-X-X-X-Xmas by J. GordgeTwo lovers dressed as Columbine and Harlequin prepare for a romantic kiss at what looks to be a deserted party
English Lunacy - A man dressed as a chicken running wild and free across a field and up a small hill
Mrs McCorquodale (Barbara Cartland) dressed as champagneDame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland (1901-2000), married name Mrs Barbara McCorquodale, British novelist. Photographed here in a sparkling champagne dress
The Bright Young People at a partyA group of Bright Young Things at Captain Macheacans fancy dress party where guests were instructed to come as a living celebrity
King George V and Queen Mary at Devonshire House BallA photograph taken at Devonshire House Historical Costume Ball held during the Diamond Jubilee festivities of 1897, of King George V (then Duke of York), dressed as George Clifford
Captain Henry Avery, pirateCaptain Avery and his crew taking one of the Great Moguls ships. In 1695, pirate Henry Averys (aka Every or Avary) ship, the Fancy
Chelsea Arts Club Ball, 1954Scene at the Chelsea Arts Club Ball at the Royal Albert Hall at midnight with balloons drifting down from the ceiling and revellers in fancy dress costume singing Auld Lang Syne. 1954
The Diving Belles music hall divers and aquatic acrobatsThe Diving Belles led by Daphne ?appearing in an elaborate sea cave scena Mermaids in Shells with clever and original tricks and fancy diving?
Mary Henniker-Heaton in fancy dress as EgyptMary Henniker-Heaton, debutante daughter of Sir John and Lady Henniker-Heaton, photographed in a fancy dress costume that won her first prize at one of the Monte Carlo fancy dress balls
Pierrot clownMan in fancy dress wearing a pierrot clown outfit with white face soft pointed hat, green neck ruff and pom-poms to the feet
Mrs Charles Sweeny as Astrae the Star-MaidenMrs Charles Sweeny, formerly Miss Margaret Whigham and later the Duchess of Argyll (1912 - 1993), pictured as Astrae, the Star-Maiden for the Olympian Party at Claridges on 5 March 1935 in aid of
Craven Lodge Fancy BallA page from The Tatler, featuring photographs and a report on the Craven Lodge Fancy Ball in Melton, Leicestershire, a New Year party with a prehistoric fancy dress theme
Raoul Shoe Company 1912Chic Parisian footwear offered for sale in Regent St featuring a brogue shoe, fancy top boot, seaside shoe, French shoes and court shoe
Mediaeval HeaddressesMedieval ladies in their fancy headdress
Young women in fancy dress costumesA group of young women dressed in fancy dress costumes preserve the moment for posterity with a photograph in studio. Three are dressed in variations on clown outfits
Two women in fancy dress with tankardsTwo women in fancy dress costumes comprising of knickerbockers, shirts and waistcoats, raise a tankard of beer each - presumably they re meant to be some kind of 17th century roisterers? c.1928
A new dog-fancy: the Basset Hounds by Louis WainEngraving by Louis Wain showing four naughty basset hounds teasing two scared black and white cats. A fifth basset hound enters the room looking coy but unrepentant with a whip in its mouth
Christmas crackers box labelLabel for a box of Batgers Carnival crackers featuring a couple in fancy dress, he dressed as Harlequin, playing a ukelele and a banjo
Pan Cover 1920Illustration by Pizer on the front cover of Pan magazine, showing a couple in costume, the man dressed as harlequin and the woman wearing butterfly wings and headdress
Yevonde Cumbers Middleton (1893-1975), also known professionally as Madame Yevonde, posing as Harlequin in a 1923 self-portrait. Date: 1923
An Interval in Motley by S. S. LongleyColour illustration by S.S. Longley showing Harlequin and Columbine with balloons. 1922
Fancy dressLeachs Fancy Dress for Children front cover. Artist: M Banuval Date: 1920s
A sketch of a couple attending a carnival, Germany, 1924A sketch of a couple attending a carnival in fancy dress, Germany, 1924 Date: 1924
Scenes from the fancy dress Chelsea Arts Ball held at the Albert Hall, London, 1923 Date: 1923
The Victory Ball by PizerAn impression of the great Victory Ball, held at the Albert Hall to celebrate the end of the First World War in aid of the Nations Fund for Nurses
Boys Club, fancy dress, February 1931Seven boys from a Boys Club in wonderful fancy dress costume. Characters include, a News of the World paperboy, an Arab, a housewife
Clown on Bicycle PhotoHarry, a guest of the Mayors Fancy Dress Ball poses in his costume, (that of a clown), on a bicycle in his back garden
C18TH COSTUME / 1913C18th costume for a masked ball: gold dress with panniers & echelles, white petticoat ornamented with a garland of roses, black lace engageantes, a high white wig with roses
Group of revellers at the Princess Mary Hospital Ball. This group were all dressed as figures from 1820 with the ball organiser, Lady Terrington (centre), dressed as Princess Charlotte. Date: 1922
Two people in fancy dress. The girl on the left is in a fanciful Pierrot type outfit reminiscent of Paul Poiret, or at least the more flamboyant fashions of the First World War, while in contrast
Rather wonderful pair (possibly father and son?) dressed as Tom, Tom the Pipers Son. The boy on the right is Tom, while the man on the left, dressed as a yokel, holds the pig that Tom steals
Carnival Ball at the Royal Albert HallCover of brochure for the Carnival Ball at the Royal Albert Hall, 12th November 1925 with a Jazz Age illustration of two people in fancy dress Date: 1925
Costumed group at Baroness D Erlangers costume ball, VeniceA group on the theme of Neptunes Embassy at Baroness D Erlangers celebrated costume ball at the Fenice Theatre, Venice in 1926
A scene of a fancy dress party (1920s) Date: 1920s
Lingering music sheet coverMusic sheet for Lingering, performed at The Palais de Danse, London. The music was written by T. W. Thurban and the words by John P. Harrington
Viscountess Castlerosse dressed as a fish courseDoris Delavigne, Viscountess Castlerosse, dressed as a fish part of a living Christmas dinner set of fancy dress at the Santa Claus Ball held at the Kit-Cat club on 18 December 1929 in aid of Queen
Selfridges fancy dress advertisementSelfridges say that the secret of successful fancy dress is originality. Advertisement for fancy dress costumes from Selfridges department store
Fancy Dress OptionalWatercolour painting by D.W. Hawksley (1884-1970), " Fancy Dress Optional". 1928
Cast of Chu Chin Chow catch bus to Night of the Stage BallThe cast of Chu Chin Chow at His Majestys Theatre board a bus and head for the Night of the Stage Ball at the Albert Hall held in aid of Sir Arthur Pearsons Fund for the children of blinded solders
Advert for Happy New Year Costume Ball 31st December 1925Black and white advertisement in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 28th November 1925 for the Happy New Year Costume Ball at the Albert Hall on 21st December 1925
The Key of England celebrates its pageant, 1908The Key of England (Dover Castle) celebrates its pageant: Dovers history in living pictures, 1908. 1 - Gawaynes last words to King Arthur; 2 - King Arthur; 3 - King John kneeling before Pandolfo
Fancy dressCover of Leach Fancy Dress catalogue. Date: 1928-9
Viola Tree (17 July 1884 15 November 1938) English actress, singer, playwright and author. Daughter of the actor Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Comtesse A de Chabrillan at Persian ball, 1912Comtesse A de Chabrillan, in an exotic costume, at the Thousand and One Nights Persian ball in Paris, May 1912. Date: May 1912
GUTIERREZ SOLANA, Jos鮠MasksGUTIERREZ SOLANA, Jos頨 1886-1945). Masks. Expressionism. Oil on canvas. Private Collection
Fancy dress partyFront cover of Pan magazine, featuring three adults in fancy dress, enjoying a glass of Vermouth. Date: 1920
Stephanie Stephens with BonzoActress Stephanie Stephens posed in one of her costumes from the musical comedy, Queen High at the Queens Theatre in 1926
On with the dance by Lewis BaumerA fancy dress ball in full swing in the early 1920s with couples on the dance floor in costume and balloons and streamers filling the air. Date: 1921
Anthony Armstrong Jones - portrait of the bridegroomAnthony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones (born 1930), 1st Earl Snowdon, husband of Princess Margaret and photographer. Page of pictures of him featured in the ILN Royal Wedding Number commemorating his
The Belle of the Ball - a young girl in a fantastic fancy dress frock dancing at the carnival. A Christmas postcard Date: circa 1910s
The Graphic Christmas Number 1926 front coverFront cover of The Graphic Christmas Number 1926 featuring an illustration depicting party goers arriving at a fancy dress ball
Ernst Dryden / Party / 314ERNST DRYDEN Poster artist, fashion pioneer and Hollywood costume designer. Fancy dress party in Vienna with Dryden pictured in the centre
Officer prisoners of war in Germany - Fancy Dress ballA fancy dress ball at Furstenberg in Mecklenburg which officer prisoners of war held as christmas entertainment in December 1916
Poster for Candian Pacific Mont Cruises - a glamorous lady in a green dress leans back against the rail of the liner, holding a black witches hat by its lengthy bowstrings
Fancy-Ball Polka, music sheetCover design for a music sheet, The Fancy-Ball Polka, by E Reynolds. A late Victorian family is depicted, with adults and children dressed up for a party
Mellins Food posterA group of small children in fancy dress line up to advertise Mellins food
Advert / Fancy ConfectioneHovells Christmas Crackers (and their fancy confectionery) advertised on the side of a horse bus
A man dressed in authentic English Civil War costume. Date: c. 1910A man dressed in authentic English Civil War costume. Date: c.1910
Fancy dress costume - BibendumMr R. H. Cobb as Bibendum (the Michelin Man) at the Chelsea Arts Club Ball in 1912. Date: 1912
C H Schafers Midget Circus Troupe - Munichcirca 1910s
Party hosts Mr Bryan Guinness (1905-1992) and his wife (Diana Mitford) in her Mariette Crinoline at their house in Buckingham Street
A pigeon fancier at the Tipton Racing Pigeon Club, in the Black Country of West Midlands, England, holds a prize bird in his hands. It is a pied chequered hen. Date: 1990
Old man in pigeon loft, StokeAn old man wearing a cloth cap checks his racing pigeons in his back yard pigeon loft Date: 1987
A woman in the costume of BritanniaA woman dressed up in the costume of National Archetype Britannia complete with helmet trident and union flag shield! Date: circa 1909
Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret - Fancy Dress DancePrincess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022) and Princess Margaret (1930-2002) pictured at a Fancy Dress Dance given by Viscountess Astor at her house in St. Jamess Square
Naughty SchoolgirlsGirls dressed up as naughty St. Trinians style schoolgirls at the St. Ives Carnival, Cornwall, England. Date: 1980s
Two models in dark capes at Albert MemorialTwo models in dark capes and fancy hats - Shoot at Albert Memorial, London. Date: circa 1950s
Harrods, Knightsbridge - tweed suit and fancy hatShoot for Harrods - circa 1965 - model wearing a tweed suit and fancy hat - with a backdrop of the iconic British luxury department store - located on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London
The equestrian group at the Circus Ball, Grosvenor House, 1933. From left, Nancy Mitford, Cecil Beaton, Lady Castlerosse and Viscountess Weymouth. Date: 1933
Revellers in pierrot costumes at the Chelsea Arts Club Dazzle Ball held at the Albert Hall in March 1919. The theme was inspired by the technique of dazzle painting
