Masque Collection

Beethovan Life Mask
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Life mask of the German Composer

C18TH COSTUME / 1913
C18th 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

Commedia dell arte Characters
Four Characters from Commedia dell arte, an improvised kind of popular comedy in Italian theatres in the 16th18th centuries, based on stock characters

Emile Bergerat
A caricature sketch portraying the French poet and playwright, Emile Bergerat, 1845-1923, who was also known by his pseudonyms, l'Homme masque, Caliban and Ariel

Femme Au Masque
An illustration of a smiling young woman carrying a simple black mask in her hand, possibly attending a masquerade party. Date: circa 1901

The Jealous Devil, Alfred Crowquill's sketches from Jullien's Bal Masque, Date: 1850

Masque of the Red Death
THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH The Masqueraders. Date: First published: 1842

Advertisement for a spring fashion event at the London department store, Derry and Toms, with a novel attraction being the fashion settings

Report in The Tatler about a fashion event for spring fashions with settings and window displays by the German silhouette artist Lotte Reiniger. Date: 1936

Chinese-style wall hanging, circa 1900. Gilt pelmet, damask valance, satin curtains with gold and silver decoration, embroidered silk wall decorations. Planche 3. Croisee Genre Chinois

Flower fairies
Poppy fairies from the Masque of Flowers. Artist: Walter Crane Date: 1889

Glamorous lady
The Bal Masque Girl. Glamorous lady in brown and orange evening wear holding mask. Artist: JM Flagg Date: circa 1903

Lady with Chinese lantern
Lady at a masked ball holding a Chinese lantern. 1920s

Nice Carnival by Webster Murray
In Good King Carnivals Reign. An impression of Carnival Time in Nice, especially drawn for The Bystander by Webster Murray. Date: 1925

The Minx
Colour photograph of a woman in a masque costume. Behind her a faded figure of a Pierrot. Date: 1930

VERSAILLES LABYRINTHE
LE LABYRINTHE a performance of Le duc et les oiseaux, presumably a masque, with children as cherubs Date: 1688

THEATRE / MASQUE / 1691
A decorative chariot bearing a model of the fortress of Montmelian is pulled before an audience at a Masque performance on the 21st December 1691. Date: 1691

MASQUE / CAMPION / 1606
A character from a Masque, by Campion. Date: 1606

I. JONES MASQUE COSTUME
A design for the costume of a torch bearer in a Masque, by Inigo Jones. Date: early 17th century

Cover design, Floras Feast, a Masque of Flowers, with text and illustrations by Walter Crane. Date: 1895

The Venetian party held by Mrs Keiller, July 1914
Page from The Sketch reporting on a lavish party hosted by Mrs Alexander Keiller, formerly Miss Doll Phil-Morris, the artist

An 18th Century Masque
A masquerade scene with a masked woman dancing

Three-part song, The flocks shall leave the mountains
Sheet music, three-part song (trio) in C minor for Acis, Galatea and Polyphemus, The flocks shall leave the mountains, the woods the turtle dove, the nymphs forsake the fountains

Pas Seul - A dancer much admired on the dancefloor
Pas Seul (a dance for one person) - A dancer (who has shed her balck mask) much admired on the dancefloor... Date: 1905

Cartoon, Rationing for the cinema? WW1
Cartoon, Rationing for the cinema? With so much rationing of food going on, a man wonders whether ration cards should also be issued for the cinema, as a crowd of people are turned away. Date: 1917

Masque / I. Jones Costumes
Figures designed by Inigo Jones for the Masque of The Fortunate Isles. Date: early 17th century

Burnt Alive 1392
At the court of Charles VI some men are accidentally burnt alive - one jumps into a tub of water, another is rescued by a lady who smothers the flames with her dress Date: 29 January 1392

Bal Masque, Paris
The Grand Bal Masque at the Opera, Paris Date: circa 1840

Tatler cover - Lady Desboroughs Masque
Front cover of The Tatler, reporting on a fancy dress masque organised by Ettie, Lady Desborough at Taplow Court. Photograph features Rosemary Levenson-Gower, daughter of Millicent

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

Japanese Acting Mask
The rather frightening mask and costume worn by Japanese actor KUBUKI in the role of a loner in a Japanese play. Date: 28 April 1933

Anna Selina Storace - 2
ANNA SELINA STORACE actress and singer depicted in the part of Euphrosyne, in Miltons masque Comus. Date: 1766 - 1817

Oceanside High School Masque Society will present 4 one act plays Riders to the sea, When the horns blow, A new school for wives, and A minuet

The roll call, a masque of the Red Cross, by Percy MacKaye. Poster showing a draped figure reaching upward toward the insignia of the Red Cross. Date 1918

L homme au masque de fer. Print shows a prisoner in chains and wearing an iron mask sitting on a bench in a prison cell, and another man with a lantern

Melodie, by Brunelleschi
Stylised illustration showing a couple in eighteenth century costume in a fantasy landscape. The woman, wearing a pink dress, plays a lute and a gondola floats nearby. Date: 1927

Theatre Masks
Theatrical masks. Date: 1930s

Flower Fairies from A Masque of Flowers. Artist: Walter Crane. From Floras Feast - A Masque of Flowers Date: 1901

The Plantagenet Ball at Buckingham Palace
Queen 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

Easter Masquers
Easter entertainers entertain at a small party

18th century masque at Christmas
Illustration by Brunelleschi showing a stylised eighteenth century masque against a snowy landscape

Smoking masque
A head and shoulder portrait of a young brunette woman laughing as she removes her party mask and smokes a cigarette

Crane, Floras Feast
FLORAs FEAST: A MASQUE OF FLOWERS Title page featuring a pipe-playing figure

Theatre / Masque / Strutt
A masque theatre performance

1392 Masque / France / Burnt
During reign of Charles VI of France - a practical joke goes horribly wrong when a number of men are burnt alive in their costumes at a party

Disraeli / Dressing
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Dressing for an Oxford Bal Masque. A response to Disraelis Oxford Speech

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