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Fancy BreadsFancy breads of fermented sweet dough Date: early 20th century
Pierrot EntertainersA seaside concert party group of pierrot entertainers Date: early 20th century
Violet and the Doll Fairy, showing a little girl called Violet with a life-sized doll who comes to life as a fairy and takes her to a fancy dress party. Date: 1900
Expert Ice Skater 1930SA young woman shows off some fancy moves, a small crowd watches with interest. Date: 1930s
Pierrot costumeA couple dancing in pierrot costume 1924
Britannia and Eve Christmas cover 1940Front cover illustration featuring a beautiful 1940s woman wrapped up in a Santa robe, her alluring smile peeping out from within the hood
Masquerade BallBall, Twelfth Night Masquerade, Stevens Residence
Peg WoffingtonSuggestion for a fancy dress costume for a late Victorian party goer - Peg Woffington, a well known Irish actress of Georgian London
Watteau fancy dress costumeSuggestion for a fancy dress costume from 1884 for a fanciful 18th century heroine from a rococo painting by Watteau. Reproducing the picturesque and charming beings from Watteaus work
An IncroyableA fancy dress costume from 1884, suggesting an Incroyable from 1798. She wears a short red, white and blue skirt, blue satin coat with tails and revers at throat; the lappet
Mrs BalchristieFancy dress costume idea from 1884 for Mrs Balchristie, a character from Sir Walter Scotts Heart of Midlothian. The costume comprises a dark dress, plain skirt, low square bodice
Miss HardcastleFancy dress costume suggesting the character of Miss Hardcastle from She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith. The outfit comprises of a short skirt of olive green made plain
Monte Carlo fancy dress costumeA fancy dress suggestion of a costume representing Monte Carlo. The dress is half red satin and half black velvet with one red shoe and the other black
Aesthetic maidenA fancy dress costume idea from 1884 - an aesthetic maiden. The costume comprises a loose flowing half skirt and a half high classical bodice with ribbon belt around the waist
The HornetFancy dress costume suggestion for 1884. Why not go as a hornet. All you need is a short black dress, black satin boots, a tunic pointed front and back of black
The Witch, fancy dressFancy dress costume suggestion for 1884. To go as a Witch it is suggested to wear a quilted petticoat touching the ground, a chintz tunic open at the front and bunched up, a muslin apron
Sangers Circus parade, Haverfordwest, South WalesStreet scene, showing part of Sangers Circus parade during a visit to Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales. This elaborate horse-drawn carriage includes a lion and a lamb
Sangers Circus visiting Haverfordwest, South WalesStreet scene, showing Sangers Circus visiting Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales. There are two elaborate horse-drawn carriages, with riders dressed in fancy costumes
Dancing Couple by Susan Beatrice PearseTwo children at a fancy dress party dance together, he in a striped suit reminiscent of the French Revolution and she in fairy style tutu
Pierrots at Langho Colony, Ribblesdale, LancashireThe Blackwites pierrot troupe at the Langho Colony in 1925. The colony, at Langho in Ribblesdale, Lancashire, was set up in 1906 by the Chorlton
Christmas LanternsTwo small children dressed in party finery hang out a line of pretty Chinese lanterns
Dressed for a CharadeA small boy dressed in a confusing variety of historical fancy dress items presents himself for an elaborate game of charades
Christmas cracker box designA jolly design for a box of Christmas crackers featuring three children; two are taking wicked enjoyment in pulling a cracker and frightening an innocent looking little blonde girl
Fancy Dress Costume in the Snow by Elsie HardingA couple in fancy dress (Harlequin and Columbine) try to keep warm next to a rather small fire. Not quite sure how they ended up in the middle of nowhere in the snow
Briggs and the King Wenceslas Spirit by GrahamStrip cartoon Graham showing a loyal and put-upon butler helping his employer to dress in a Father Christmas costume, and heaving a huge sack of toys towards a childrens party where Father Christmas
1920S Fancy Dress PartyA group of revellers smoke, dance and wear fancy dress at a typical Bright Young Things party of the twenties
Tatler Christmas Number 1910Front cover of the Tatler Xmas Number 1910 designed by William Barribal. A jolly young woman looks ready for a party with her hair adorned with bells and a jester, as well as jester earrings
The Tatler Xmas No 1922 Front CoverFront cover illustration by Lewis Baumer showing the Tatler character in his red frock coat and tricorn hat kissing a dainty looking damsel under the mistletoe
The Plantagenet Ball at Buckingham PalaceQueen Victoria and Prince Albert with assembled guests at the Plantagenet Ball, also called the Bal Masque, at Buckingham Palace in May 1842. All the guests wore costume
A Coronation Festivity: a ball in aid of a hospitalThe Prince and Princess of Teck and the ladies who are patronesses of the function, a fancy dress ball at the Savoy Hotel in aid of the Prince Francis of Teck Memorial Fund of the Middlesex Hospital
Selfridges, London - Fancy Goods SectionSelfridges & Co, Oxford Street, London - Fancy Goods Section. Founded by American-born retail magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge (1858 - 1947), the Flagship store in Oxford Street was opened in 1909
Selfridges, London - Section of Fancy JewellerySelfridges & Co, Oxford Street, London - Section of Fancy Jewellery. Founded by American-born retail magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge (1858 - 1947)
Party hosted by La Comtesse de Clermont-TonnerreA group of revellers in lavish fancy dress at a party hosted by la comtesse de Clermont-Tonnerre. The costumes look very Oriental in theme
Easter MasquersEaster entertainers entertain at a small party
Should Autumn Come Before Fair Summers CallA dancer in a fantastic costume suggestive of autumn and falling leaves
Oriental Beauty from ConstantinopleAn Oriental Beauty from Constantinople with fancy headdress and many layers of beads. These women are known as the nomads and they are decorated by their men, who weigh them down with jewellery!
Turkish Girl - MoorishA La Mauresque - " Lets go Moorish!"
Fancy portrait of a man in a distorting mirror, with the upper and lower parts of his body elongated and the middle half shortened
Fancy portrait of a soldier in a distorting mirror, with the upper part of his body elongated and the lower half shortened
Fancy portrait of a soldier in a distorting mirror, with the lower part of his body elongated and the upper half shortened
False! by Florence HardyA little girl, dressed in a clown costume, is shocked to discover her Pierrot boyfriend is kissing another
Jugglers stall at a fairColoured print of etching, " Caroline Fair, or Mat Pudding and his Mountebank", showing a jugglers stall at a fair
Batgers Musical Toy Crackers labelA girl dressed in a rather dashing clown outfit blows a horn or bugle
Childrens CarnivalTwo children dressed up for a fancy dress party. A little girl has a rather nice witch outfit with a dress appliqued with black cats and a broom, while a little boy has come as a swashbuckling pirate
Childrens Carnival Mephistopheles and Bo-peepTwo children dressed as Mephistopheles and Little Bo-Peep make their way along a garden path to a party, using a lantern to light the way
You re Not the Only Pebble on the Beach by Florence HardyA romantic attachment gone sour as one little clown tells his girlfriend that shes not the only pebble on the beach. A coquettish lady clown, wearing exactly the same outfit
Childrens Carnival - Clown and Italian MaidenTwo children in costume for a fancy dress party. A large boy is dressed as a clown, while a little girl has come as an Italian maiden, the latter idea perhaps not so popular these days!
Batgers Masks and Animals Luggage labelRather odd scene featuring an adult in a sinister party mask trying to lasso a group of children in fancy dress masks and head dresses at a party
