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The Marlborough House fancy ball

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Date

22nd July 1874

Artist

Attributed to Eugène Louis Lami (1800-1890)

Collection

Royal Collection Trust

Image Link

https://www.rct.uk/collection/913231

Description

A watercolour depicting figures, including the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duchess of Sutherland and Lord Hartington, in fancy dress at a ball.
On 22 July 1874 the Prince and Princess of Wales held a costume ball at their London residence Marlborough House which was attended by over 14 hundred guests. Much like the sequence of balls held by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert a few decades ago, guests were encouraged to wear fancy dress. Albert Edward, the Prince of Wales, dressed as Charles I, and Princess Alexandra wore a Venetian costume. Their two eldest sons, the young princes Albert Victor and George (later King George V), were attired as pages of honour, their costumes having been copied from a painting in the National Gallery (according to the Illustrated London News of August 1, 1874). The Royal Academician Frederic Leighton was on the planning committee for the ball.

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2017

Location

Marlborough House, London, England

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Interiors
Royalty
Leisure
Music
Palaces

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People & Society

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