Fancy Dress Collection (page 6)

Mills Thompson, 1875-1944, c1895. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Mills Thompson, 1875-1944, c1895. Full length portrait, standing, facing front, holding knife in teeth and large club in hand

Margaret Preston Draper, c1903. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Margaret Preston Draper, c1903. Full-length portrait, standing facing front in shepherdess costume. Daughter of General William F. Draper and Susan Preston Draper

Pageant participants costumed as Pilgrims and Natives, posed beneath a banner "En... c1880 - 1900
Pageant participants costumed as Pilgrims and Natives, posed beneath a banner "En Avant!" [Onwards!], between 1880 and 1900

Neith Boyce Hapgood, full-length portrait, seated facing front, wearing... between 1890 and 1910
Neith Boyce Hapgood, full-length portrait, seated facing front, wearing ornamental [oriental?] costume and holding roses, between 1890 and 1910

Fun run JLP01_10_32708
Copthall Stadium, Hendon, Barnet, Greater London. Two competitors, wearing pink elephant costumes, taking part in a 5km fun run at Copthall Stadium

Fancy dress at Carnival, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Aosta valley, Allein, Italy. Alpine carnival Coumba Freida

Eli the Thatcher, 1913 (oil on canvas)
2632477 Eli the Thatcher, 1913 (oil on canvas) by Rothenstein, William (1872-1945); 76.5x63.3 cm; Manchester Art Gallery, UK; © Manchester Art Gallery ; © NPL - DeA Picture Library

Ruth embracing her mother-in-law Naomi and promising to stay with her now they are bereaved. Ruth 1. 14
531267 Ruth embracing her mother-in-law Naomi and promising to stay with her now they are bereaved. Ruth 1.14. From Gustave Dore's illustrated Bible 1866. Wood engraving

Suit, c. 1770-80 (wool, linen & velvet)
3743015 Suit, c.1770-80 (wool, linen & velvet) by English School, (18th century); Manchester Art Gallery, UK; (add.info.: Mauve wool, matching 3-piece suit, trimmed with silver braid)

Sunday Morning scene, Petticoat Lane Market, London c. 1900 (b/w photo)
XJF283179 Sunday Morning scene, Petticoat Lane Market, London c.1900 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection

Albert Einstein, 1920 (photo)
GIA4704116 Albert Einstein, 1920 (photo) by Unknown photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; © Giancarlo Costa

Turkish courtier, 1567 (w/c on paper)
XIR391470 Turkish courtier, 1567 (w/c on paper) by French School, (16th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; (add.info.: Turkish Courtier;)

Absinthe Mugnier
2904142 Absinthe Mugnier by Lefevre, Lucien (1850-c.1902); (add.info.: A striking 1895 two sheet poster showing Absinthe Mugniers famous desert legionnaire (or zouave) by Lucien Lefevre

Actress Florence Fair, Fashion Portrait, Bain News Service, 1925 (b/w photo)
5863140 Actress Florence Fair, Fashion Portrait, Bain News Service, 1925 (b/w photo) by Bain, George Grantham - Bain News Service (1865-1944); Private Collection

Young girl attending an immortal, So pagoda, Thanh Dai district, Hanoi, 16th century (lacquered wood)
5309899 Young girl attending an immortal, So pagoda, Thanh Dai district, Hanoi, 16th century (lacquered wood) by Vietnamese school, (16th century); Museum of Fine Arts, Hanoi

Actress Marguerite Clark, Fashion Portrait, Bain News Service, 1921 (b/w photo)
5858553 Actress Marguerite Clark, Fashion Portrait, Bain News Service, 1921 (b/w photo) by Bain, George Grantham - Bain News Service (1865-1944); Private Collection

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigating
2604019 Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigating by Paget, Sidney (1860-1908); (add.info.: "The Adventure of Silver Blaze": Encounter between Silas Brown)

Post Office Savings Bank, 1904-06 (photo)
XAM198145 Post Office Savings Bank, 1904-06 (photo) by Wagner, Otto (1841-1918); Vienna, Austria; Ali Meyer

Actress Regina Quinn, Fashion Portrait in Satin-Lined Fitch Coat, Bain News Service, 1921 (b/w photo)
5863148 Actress Regina Quinn, Fashion Portrait in Satin-Lined Fitch Coat, Bain News Service, 1921 (b/w photo) by Bain, George Grantham - Bain News Service (1865-1944); Private Collection

Costume of the Secretary General of the Council of State, c. 1804-10 (engraving)
XIR417095 Costume of the Secretary General of the Council of State, c.1804-10 (engraving) by Chataigner, Alexis (1722-1817); Musee des Beaux-Arts, Nimes

Chairwoman (colour litho)
6029495 Chairwoman (colour litho) by Ryazhsky, Grigory Grigorievich (1895-1952); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chairwoman.); Look and Learn / Elgar Collection

University Beadle
3785780 University Beadle by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: University Beadle - Jean Lequeux, Messenger of Guise en Thierache, Diocese of Laon (Picardy, northern France)

Gene Sarazen, Winner of U. S. Open Golf Championship, Portrait holding Golf Club, White House, Washington DC, USA
5974433 Gene Sarazen, Winner of U.S. Open Golf Championship, Portrait holding Golf Club, White House, Washington DC, USA, 1922 (b/w photo) by Harris & Ewing (1905-45); Private Collection

Clerical costume: un monk chartreux, ordre de Saint Bruno, 14th century - Carthusian monk, Order of Saint Bruno
FLO4676804 Clerical costume: un monk chartreux, ordre de Saint Bruno, 14th century - Carthusian monk, Order of Saint Bruno, 14th century - He wears a hood, cape and tunic in white linen

Self Portrait (oil on canvas)
LAF470901 Self Portrait (oil on canvas) by Torajiro Kojima (1881-1929); 63.7x51.5 cm; Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent, Belgium; © Art in Flanders

Left panel of the Baptism of Christ, c. 1502-08 (oil on panel)
489875 Left panel of the Baptism of Christ, c.1502-08 (oil on panel) by David, Gerard (c.1460-1523); Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium; (add.info.: Also known as the Triptych of Jean des Trompes)

Mont Saint Michel
1841258 Mont Saint Michel by Fer, Nicolas de (1646-1720); (add.info.: The Mont-Saint-Michel (Normandy, France) : map by Nicolas de Fer, France, 1703); Photo © CCI

Syntax Star-gazing, from The Tour of Dr Syntax in search of the Picturesque, by William Combe
STC213548 Syntax Star-gazing, from The Tour of Dr Syntax in search of the Picturesque, by William Combe, published 1812 (aquatint) by Rowlandson

Corset N. D. 1905 (lithography)
398352 Corset N.D. 1905 (lithography) by Nyrs, de (active c.1905); JMK Archiv, Bremen, Germany; (add.info.: Print: Tourangelle, Tours and Lyon.); JMK Archiv

Le Suez, ca. 1900 (lithography)
398357 Le Suez, ca. 1900 (lithography) by Licht, C. (active c. 1900); JMK Archiv, Bremen, Germany; (add.info.: " Le Suez/Papier a Cigarettes", " Manufacture E)

Carnaval en Espagne (Carnival in Spain). Peinture d'Anatoli Afanasyevich Arapov (1876-1949)
FIA5338945 Carnaval en Espagne (Carnival in Spain). Peinture d Anatoli Afanasyevich Arapov (1876-1949). Huile sur carton, 68, 5 x 98, 5 cm, 1911. art russe, symbolisme

Dutch Gabled house (photo)
KW217442 Dutch Gabled house (photo) by Dutch School; Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Vambery in his Travelling Dress; A Ramble in Persia, 1875. Creator: Armin Vambery
Vambery in his Travelling Dress; A Ramble in Persia, 1875. [Hungarian traveller, author, artist, Turkologist and orientalist Armin Vambery with donkey]. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates

The Graphic, Front Cover January 23rd. 1886, 1886. Creator: Sydney Prior Hall
The Graphic, Front Cover January 23rd. 1886, 1886. Reception of children by the Lord Mayor of London at the Juvenile Fancy Dress Ball at the Mansion House. From " The Graphic

Mlle. Boisso, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Mlle. Boisso, between 1855 and 1865

Mr. Mazzolini, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Mr. Mazzolini, between 1855 and 1865. [Opera singer or actor?]

D. Chapin, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
D. Chapin, between 1855 and 1865. [Actor?]

Le Bas Bleu (colour litho)
7172076 Le Bas Bleu (colour litho) by Daumier, Honore (1808-79) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le Bas Bleu.); © Look and Learn

Venus and Adonis, 1630-60 (oil on canvas)
7286012 Venus and Adonis, 1630-60 (oil on canvas) by Loo, Jacob or Jacques van (c.1614-1670); 80x69 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

French actress Huguette Duflos (1887-1982) assaulted on the release of a theatre in Paris by a madman
XEE4187775 French actress Huguette Duflos (1887-1982) assaulted on the release of a theatre in Paris by a madman. Illustration taken from " Le petit journal illustrious" of 1931

The Night of the Three Kings at Puerta del Sol, Madrid, 1839 (oil on canvas)
IND146632 The Night of the Three Kings at Puerta del Sol, Madrid, 1839 (oil on canvas) by Castelaro y Perea, Jose (1801-73); Museo Municipal, Madrid, Spain; Index Fototeca

Portrait of Santiago Ramon y Cajal (1852-1934) 1906 (oil on canvas)
IND65001 Portrait of Santiago Ramon y Cajal (1852-1934) 1906 (oil on canvas) by Sorolla y Bastida, Joaquin (1863-1923); 91x127.5 cm; Diputacion General de Aragon, Zaragoza

Take no hitofushi, Yaguchi, 1897 (woodblock print, ink & colour on paper)
425510 Take no hitofushi, Yaguchi, 1897 (woodblock print, ink & colour on paper) by Chikanobu, Toyohara (1838-1912); 35.9 -- 71.6 cm; Arthur M

Gros Rene, acting in Le Depit Amoureux by Moliere, c. 1875 (colour engraving)
1730060 Gros Rene, acting in Le Depit Amoureux by Moliere, c.1875 (colour engraving) by Sand, Maurice (1823-1889); (add.info.: Gros Rene)

Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Robinson Crusoe, 1893 (lithography)
398389 Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Robinson Crusoe, 1893 (lithography) by Pal (Jean de Paleologue) (1855-1942); JMK Archiv, Bremen

Before it started, for a German film, a charge of knights from the time of Frederick... (colour litho)
2783653 Before it started, for a German film, a charge of knights from the time of Frederick... (colour litho) by Beltrame

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"Fancy Dress: A Timeless Celebration of Imagination and Identity" Step into the world of fancy dress, where history intertwines with creativity, and characters come to life. From the grandeur of Les Miserables to the royal betrothal of Princess Elizabeth, each scene captures a moment in time that transcends reality. Lenny Henry and Dawn French's portrayal of Michael Jackson and Bubbles reminds us that even pop culture icons can be transformed through costume. Their dedication to detail brings joy and laughter to all who witness their transformation. The Twelfth Night Revels at Haddon Hall transport us back to an era filled with merriment and revelry. The Great Hall comes alive as people don extravagant attire, embracing the spirit of festivity. Cornelia Bradley Martin's embodiment of Mary Stuart at the Bradley-Martin Ball showcases how fancy dress allows individuals to step into different roles, exploring historical figures or mythical beings, and is a testament to our fascination with other worlds and times. William Edward Dighton's Middle Eastern Dress transports us across continents, reminding us that fancy dress knows no boundaries. It allows us to explore cultures far from our own, fostering understanding and appreciation for diversity. At cat shows or press club challenges, even animals partake in this whimsical tradition. Whether it be Playboy bunnies challenging press club rabbits or feline fashionistas strutting their stuff on stage, they remind us that everyone can join in on the fun. Ian Dury's performance in Talk of the Devil demonstrates how fancy dress extends beyond visual appeal; it becomes a tool for storytelling on stage. Through costumes, actors embody characters' essence while captivating audiences with their talent. Even ancient artifacts like Boethius' consular diptych or Pythagoras and Euclid depicted on marble tiles reveal that dressing up has been cherished throughout history. These relics remind us that humans have always sought ways to express themselves creatively.