Ideas for the next fancy dress ball. Originality not required, but meeting one’s own true love mandatory.

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Countess of Argyle in the Time of Mary Queen of Scots. Plate II, Page 74 of Ardern Holt’s Fancy Dress Described; or What to Wear at Fancy Dress Balls. Fifth edition, Published in 1887 in London. Collections of the University of California. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/fancydressesdesc00holtrich/page/n74/mode/1up
Classic. Plate III, Page 80 of Ardern Holt’s Fancy Dress Described; or What to Wear at Fancy Dress Balls. Fifth edition, Published in 1887 in London. Collections of the University of California. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/fancydressesdesc00holtrich/page/n80/mode/1up
Esmerelda. Plate V, Page 110 of Ardern Holt’s Fancy Dress Described; or What to Wear at Fancy Dress Balls. Fifth edition, Published in 1887 in London. Collections of the University of California. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/fancydressesdesc00holtrich/page/n110/mode/1up
The Hornet. Plate VII, Page 152 of Ardern Holt’s Fancy Dress Described; or What to Wear at Fancy Dress Balls. Fifth edition, Published in 1887 in London. Collections of the University of California. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/fancydressesdesc00holtrich/page/n152/mode/1up
Magpie. Plate X, Page 184 of Ardern Holt’s Fancy Dress Described; or What to Wear at Fancy Dress Balls. Fifth edition, Published in 1887 in London. Collections of the University of California. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/fancydressesdesc00holtrich/page/n184/mode/1up
Monte Carlo. Plate XI, Page 184 of Ardern Holt’s Fancy Dress Described; or What to Wear at Fancy Dress Balls. Fifth edition, Published in 1887 in London. Collections of the University of California. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/fancydressesdesc00holtrich/page/n204/mode/1up
The Witch. Plate XV, Page 302 of Ardern Holt’s Fancy Dress Described; or What to Wear at Fancy Dress Balls. Fifth edition, Published in 1887 in London. Collections of the University of California. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/fancydressesdesc00holtrich/page/n302/mode/1up

The Internet Archive is filled with wonderful old books with plates. This one I came across reading a blog post by Streets of Salem.

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