elizabeth chudleigh

Marvels of the masked ball: dressing up in Georgian London

9 May 2026 9:00 am

A craze for masquerades reached its apogee at Carlisle House in the 1770s, when vast forests were imported into the ballroom, along with fountains and festooned arches

The great adventuress

17 April 2021 9:00 am

At the masquerade celebrating the end of the War of Austrian Succession no one could take their eyes off the…