Images by Lafayette of the Guests in Costume at the Devonshire House Ball
3 July 1897

Queen Victoria (1819-1901)

Edward, Prince of Wales,
later King Edward VII (1841-1910),
as
Grand Master of the Knights Hospitallers of Malta
Alexandra, Princess of Wales,
later Queen Alexandra (1844-1925),
as
Marguerite de Valois
The Duke of York, later King George V (1865-1936),
as
“The Queen’s Champion”
and the Duchess of York, later Queen Mary (1867-1953),
as
“a Lady at the Court of Marguerite de Valois”
King Haakon VII (1872-1957)
and Queen Maud of Norway (1869-1938),
when Prince and Princess Carl of Denmark, and
Princess Victoria of Wales (1868-1935),
as
a 16th century Danish courtier, and
Ladies-in-Waiting to Marguerite de Valois
Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife (1867-1931)
and Alexander William George Duff,
1st Duke of Fife (1849-1912),
“in costume of period of Henry II” (1519-1559)
Georgiana, Viscountess Curzon,
later Countess How,
née Spencer-Churchill (1860-1906),
as
Queen Maria Leszczyńska of Poland
Lady Fitzgerald,
née Amelia Catherine Bischoffsheim (d 1947),
as
Marie Josephe, Queen of Poland (AD 1737)
Mrs William (Willie) Dodge James,
later Mrs John Chaytor Brinton,
née Evelyn Elizabeth Forbes (1868-1929),
“in costume of period of Henry II” (1519-1559)
Louise, Duchess of Devonshire,
née Countess von Alten of Hanover (1832-1911),
as
Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra
Spencer Compton Cavendish,
8th Duke of Devonshire (1833-1908),
as
Emperor Charles V (1500-1558)
Theresa, Marchioness of Londonderry,
née Chetwynd-Talbot (1856-1919),
as
Empress Maria Theresa of Austria (1717-1780)
Hon Reginald Baliol Brett,
later 2nd Viscount Esher (1852-1930),
as
“a Gentleman of France”
Lady Randolph Churchill,
née Jennie Jerome (1854-1921),
as
Empress Theodora of Byzantium
Rachel, Countess of Dudley,
née Gurney (c. 1867-1920),
as
Queen Esther
Princess Henry (“Daisy”) of Pless,
née Mary Theresa Olivia Cornwallis-West (1873-1943),
as
the Queen of Sheba
Mrs Arthur Paget,
later Lady Paget,
née Mary (Minnie) Paran Stevens (1853-1919),
as
Cleopatra
Major George Frederick Myddelton Cornwallis-West
(1874-1951),
as
“a Black Slave”
Hon Mrs Algernon Bourke,
née Guendoline Irene Emily Sloane-Stanley (1870-1967),
as
Salammbô
Lady Rose Leigh,
later Countess of Cottenham,
née Nevill (1866-1913),
as
the Duchesse de Villars
Miss Violet Keith Fraser,
later Countess of Stradbroke (d 1949),
as
Delilah,
John George Stewart-Murray, Marquis of Tullibardine,
later 8th Duke of Atholl (1871-1942),
and his brother
Lord George Murray (1873-1914),
as
“Highland Gentlemen A.D. 1745”
Gladys, Countess de Grey,
later Marchioness of Ripon,
née Herbert (d 1917),
as
Cleopatra (with Arab Slave)
Violet, Countess of Mar & Kellie,
née Ashley-Cooper (1868-1938),
as
Dante’s Beatrice,
and Lloyd Tyrell-Kenyon,
4th Baron Kenyon (1864-1927),
as
Guido Cavalcanti
Sir Horace Brand Farquhar,
Earl Farquhar (1844-1923),
as
“a Dutch noble or burgher”, and
Lady de Trafford,
née Violet (Alice Maud) Franklin (d 1925),
as
Semiramis, Queen of Assyria
Monsieur Adolf von André (1844-1911),
as
Benvenuto Cellini
Madame von André,
later Baroness Wedel Jarlsberg (1859-1941),
née Mary Alice Palmer,
as
Desdemona
Marcia Amelia Mary,
Countess of Yarborough,
née Lane-Fox (1863-1926),
as
Madame Choglokov
Lady Wolverton,
née Edith Amelia Ward (1872-1956),
as
Britannia
Frederic Glyn, 4th Baron Wolverton (1864-1932),
as
King Richard, Cœur de Lion (1157-1199)
Beatrix Jane, Countess Cadogan,
née Craven (1844-1907),
as
Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia
Lady Lurgan,
née Emily Julia Cadogan (1871-1909), and
Lady Sophie Scott,
née Cadogan (1874-1937),
as
“Furies” – Alecto and Megæra
Adolf Meyer Watson,
later Baron Adolf de Meyer (1868-1949),
“after a picture”
William Montagu Hay,
10th Marquis of Tweeddale (1826-1911),
as
the Count de St. Bris, and
Lady (Susan Elizabeth) Clémentine Hay,
later Lady Clémentine Waring (1879-1964),
as
Valentin
Frances Evelyn (Daisy), Countess of Warwick,
née Maynard (1861-1938),
as
Marie Antoinette (1755-1793)
Princess Mary Adelaide,
Duchess of Teck (1833-1897),
as
Princess Sophia, Electress of Luneberg and Hanover (1630-1714)
Prince Francis (Paul Louis Alexander),
Duke of Teck (1837-1900),
as
“Capitaine, Garde du Roi 1660/1760”
Hon (later Sir) George Frederick Stanley (1872-1938),
as
“Mars, Louis XIVth period”
Edward George Villiers Stanley,
later 17th Earl of Derby (1865-1948),
as
“a Grenadier Guards Officer 1660”, and
Mabel Susan, Baroness St. Oswald,
née Forbes (d. 1919),
as
“a Venetian lady of the 16th Century”
Duchess of Roxburghe,
née Lady Anne Emily Spencer-Churchill (1854-1923),
as
Bess of Hardwicke (1518-1607/8)
Consuelo, Duchess of Manchester,
née Yznaga del Valle (1858-1909),
as
Anne of Austria
Archibald Philip Primrose,
5th Earl of Rosebery (1847-1929),
as
“a Gentleman of the 18th Century”
Hereditary Prince Alfred of Saxe Coburg Gotha (1874-1899),
as
“Duke Robert of Normandy, AD 1060”
Grand Duke Michael Michailovitch of Russia (1861-1929), and
Sophia Nicholaievna, Countess de Torby (1868-1927),
as
King Henry IV of France (1553-1610) and
his paramour Gabrielle d’Estree (1571-1599)
Lady Ashburton,
née Mabel Edith Hood (1866-1904),
as
Tennyson’s Enid
Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell,
2nd Baron Ampthill (1869-1935), and
Lady Ampthill,
née Lady Margaret Lygon (1874-1953),
as
“a Knight and Lady-in-Waiting of King Arthur’s Round Table”
Lady Archibald Campbell,
née Janey Sevilla Callander (1845-1923),
as
“Artemis, Goddess of the Chase”
Hon William Reginald Fitzwilliam (1862-1906),
as
Admiral Lord Nelson (1758-1805)
Hon Mrs Reginald Fitzwilliam,
née Edith Isabella Georgina Lane Fox,
“…after a picture by Romney”
Mrs Claud George Cole-Hamilton,
née Lucy Charlewood Thorold (d 1941),
as
Amy Robsart (1632-1560)
Marquise d’Hautpoul de Seyre,
née Hon Julia Caroline Stonor (1862- 1950),
as
Elsa in Wagner’s Lohengrin
 











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