Masquerade scene at the Argyll Rooms c1826 (from Lewis Walpole Library), depicts people in a range of costumes and dancing.
1/ Just back from #NACBS2023 where I shared new stuff on the Victorian masquerade! Though some scholarship says the masq disappeared, or even died, in the 1790s this was absolutely not the case. It shifted in tone, price, & location attracting a middle class audience.
#MasqueradeMondays #19thc