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Balls (Parties)

Images

  • A young lady, love-struck after a military ball, visited by her doctor at her mother's request. Wood engraving by John Leech, 1863.
  • A woman carrying a chair sweeps away from a young man who has approached her, indicating her refusal to dance with him; another young woman is sitting on a chair behind him. Etching by James Gillray, 1804, after B. North.
  • Le bal des célibataires : dimanche 1er décembre 2013 / Séropotes Paris.
  • A woman with enlarged lips, large earrings and bearing a bowl of fruit on her head, advertising The Madhatter's Ball, a benefit evening held on 7 August 1992 by AIDS Concern, Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, 1992.
  • A ball in the Palais des Tuileries: the Emperor Napoleon III and the Empress Eugénie (?) take part in a quadrille. Wood engraving by Charles Maurand after Gustave Janet.
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    Majorca: a monk dances with a young woman as others watch, accompanied by a guitarist. Etching.

    | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 34261i
    • Books

    A grand empire fancy dress ball and supper in aid of the Middlesex Hospital... will be held at the Savoy Hotel, on Thursday, May 23rd, 1912 (Empire eve).

    | Date: 1912
    • Pictures

    A crowded country ball. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.

    Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883. | Reference: 12148i
    Part of: Bird's-eye views of modern society
    • Pictures

    A young lady, love-struck after a military ball, visited by her doctor at her mother's request. Wood engraving by John Leech, 1863.

    Leech, John, 1817-1864. | Date: 1863 | Reference: 13800i
    • Books

    Hearts of Oak Benefit Society dinner & dance : The Ballroom, Park Lane Hotel, Piccadilly, London W.1. Thursday 26th February 1976 / Hearts of Oak Benefit Society.

    Hearts of Oak Benefit Society | Date: 1976
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