Fancy Collection (page 17)

Lady Massereene & Patrick Shaw Stewart- costume masque
Lady Massereene, formerly Jean Barbara Ainsworth, pictured in costume with Patrick Shaw Stewart at a masque arranged by Lord and Lady Desborough at their home, Taplow Court, in January 1912

Lady Desborough & Billy Grenfell - costume masque
Ettie, Lady Desborough, pictured in costume at a masque she and Lord Desborough held at their home, Taplow Court in January 1912

Childrens fancy dress for a Christmas Party
The Child at the Christmas Party, 1914 - ideas for childrens fancy dress Date: 1914

Quex VAD patients in fancy dress outside the front door of Quex House. There was a collection of dressing up clothes at Quex House and they were used occasionally by the patients to put on plays

Two youngsters in fancy dress competition, Eccles
Two youngsters in a fancy dress competition in Eccles, Manchester. They are both dressed as the Honey Monster, a character used to advertise the breakfast cereal Sugar Puffs. Date: circa 1975

Serving boy carries pile of folded napkins - Colmans Starch
A serving boy carrying a teetering pile of folded napkins, held in place due to the effectiveness of Colmans Starch. Date: 19th century

Powdering Pierrot by Baird - 1920s
Stylised illustration showing a woman in a fancy dress style costume, surrounded by balloons, powdering the face of her Pierrot doll

The Hon. Mrs Henry Mond as Jade
The Hon. Mrs Henry Mond, Amy Gwen Wilson, as Jade in the charity event, the Jewels of the Empire Ball taking place on 26th November 1930 at Park Lane Hotel, London. Date: 1930

South Main and Bank Streets, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
View of South Main and Bank Streets, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA. Date: circa 1908

Mlle de Caillavet at Persian ball, 1912
Mlle. de Caillavet, in an exotic costume, at the Thousand and One Nights Persian ball in Paris, May 1912. Date: May 1912

Infant Fernand d Espagne at Persian ball, 1912
Infant Fernand d Espagne, in an exotic costume, at the Thousand and One Nights Persian ball in Paris, May 1912. Date: May 1912

Francis de Croisset at Persian ball, 1912
Francis de Croisset, in an exotic costume, at the Thousand and One Nights Persian ball in Paris, May 1912. Date: May 1912

Duck drinking from a large cup
A duck drinking from a large cup at a fancy dress ball. Date: 1914

Master Quack the duck dressed as a ballerina
Master Quack the duck dressed as the Russian ballerina, Madame Pavlova, for the fancy dress ball. Date: 1914

Tabitha the cats wolf on wheels -- part of her Red Riding Hood fancy dress costume. Date: 1914

Rags the dog decides on his costume for a fancy dress ball -- he will go as a Horsey Gentleman, with checked jacket and cap. Date: 1914

Humpty the rabbit trying on pantalettes and crinoline in preparation for a fancy dress ball. Date: 1914

Cover design, Womans Pictorial
Cover design, Dressing Up, by M Kemp Welch, Womans Pictorial magazine, 21 June 1924. Depicting a girl wearing improvised fancy dress. With items by Kitty McKane, Fannie Kilbourne and Gilbert Frankau

Miss Modern Christmas front cover by Wilton Williams
Front cover of the Christmas number of Miss Modern magazine featuring a young woman in a brightly coloured paper party hat. Date: 1931

Pigeons - Archangels and Swifts, Fancy Breeds
A portrait of two breeds of fancy pigeon, as seen the illustration, there are two Archangels and two Swifts, also known as Egyptian Swifts

Pigeons - Three Nuns with varied colourations, Fancy Breed
A portrait of three Nuns with varied colourations standing in their pigeon coop. The Nun is a breed of fancy pigeon, also known as the Dutch Shell Pigeon

Pigeons - Burmese or Florentine, Starling and Spot Fairy
A portrait illustration showing three breeds of pigeon. At the top of the illustration is a Burmese pigeon, now commonly known as a Florentine

Pigeons - Black Capuchins and Damascenes
An illustration showing two Black Capuchins, also known as Syrian Wammentauben Beirut pigeons, and two Damascenes in an outdoor scenery

Pigeons - Short and Long-Faced Antwerps, Fancy Breed
A portrait of two Short-Faced and two Long-Faced Antwerps which are a breed of fancy pigeon. The illustration presents their distinctive colouration and markings

Pigeons - Show and Flying Antwerps, Fancy Breed
A portrait of two Show Antwerps, and two Flying Antwerps which are breed of fancy pigeon. The illustration shows the short-faced features of the show antwerp

Pigeons - Red and Yellow Barbs, Fancy Breed
A portrait of a Red and Yellow Barb pictured inside their coop. The Barb is a breed of fancy pigeon developed over many years of selective breeding

Pigeons - Young and Old, Blue and Silver Dun Dragoon
A portrait of three young and old, Blue and Silver Dun Dragoons, who are a member of the Fancy Breed of pigeon, most commonly found in London

Pigeons - Three Dragoons, Birmingham Fancy
A portrait of a Silver-Brown Bar, a Silver-Black Bar, and a Blue Dragoon, breeds of the fancy pigeon. The pigeons are also are in common with Birmingham, UK

Two Pigmy Pouters and Two Isabel Pigeons
A group portrait featuring one cream and one white Pigmy Pouters, with one yellow, and one red Isabels standing in their coop

White Carrier Cock Pigeon
A portrait of a White Carrier Cock standing in full-length with one other of its kind nesting in the background. The portrait brings to attention its distinctive features

Dun Carrier Cock Pigeon
A full-length portrait of a Dun Carrier Cock. The Dun Carrier Cock is an English fancy breed of pigeon. The large cere above the beak is one of the characteristics

Three women wearing fancy dress in a garden. Date: circa 1920s

People in fancy dress on the deck of a ship. Date: circa 1920s

Washington Club Band, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
Washington Club Novelty Band, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA, with people in fancy dress holding musical instruments. Date: circa 1906

The 1914 Season - a Fancy Dress Ball by Matania
Late dancers leaving the Albert Hall during the first cold light of dawn after attending a fancy dress ball there during the summer season of 1914. Date: 1914

An 18th century Venetian costume for Chelseas Arts Club ball
A Venetian dress of the eighteenth century suggested for the annual Chelsea Arts Ball in 1914. Date: 1914

In the Spring a Young mans Fancy by Heath Robinson
Cupid the Will-o -the-Wisp and his vernal victims. Silhouettes of various people pursuing cupid as spring spreads romance. Date: 1914

Celebrating the royal wedding at the Grafton Galleries, 1923
Cabaret performers dressed up for a mock wedding at Londons fashionable Grafton Galleries, in order to celebrate the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of York in April 1923

Mardi Gras Pageant, Canal Street, New Orleans, USA
Mardi Gras Pageant taking place in Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Date: 1904

Pierrot couple with piano
A Pierrot couple entertaining each other at the piano. (4 of 4)

Dancing couple in fancy dress
A dancing couple in fancy dress -- the man is dressed as Harlequin. (3 of 4)

Paris International Exhibition of 1937 (Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne). Magical piano in fancy restaurant on Cours Albert 1er street

Carnival in Venice. Cover of the Magazine Sparta number 17. Madrid, February 25, 1933. Illustration by Palacios. Engraving

I Insouciante by Claude Shepperson
Scene outside a ball in the early 1920s with two revellers in full costume, sitting on the kerb outside, smoking and cigarette and disregarding the curious onlookers. Date: 1920

The Pan Ball, 1920
From left, Miss Iris Tree as a futurist Pan, Miss Viola Tree as a tree nymph and Miss Betty Chester as a Bacchante, all guests at the themed Pan Ball held at Covent Garden in aid of Barts Hospital in

Old Bill in Mesopotamia, Nobodies Concert, WW1
A leading member of " The Nobodies" Concert Party for entertaining troops in Mesopotamia, impersonating Old Bill the lead character in the popular cartoons of Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in

Suffragette Votes for Women Doll
A suffragette doll wearing a brown dress and hat, holding a Votes for Women placard. The head of the doll is made from a ping pong ball with a hand painted face

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