Masquerades in London [ Dance, Music & Songs / Social interaction ]
… Charles Pugin, 'Pantheon masquerade', © National Portrait Gallery, NPG D14263, 1 March 1809. Image Thomas Rowlandson, 'Dressing for a Masquerade', Met Museum, 59.533.2047, April 1, 1790. Image William Hogarth, 'Masquerades and Operas', Met … House, and it was there that he organised his masquerades. These were subscription-based, attracted crowds of several hundred participants and enjoyed the support of the royalty. In the first half of the century, most of the events were … Jones (1749) and Amelia (1751), John Cleland’s Fanny Hill (1749), Tobias Smollett’s Peregrine Pickle (1751) or Frances Burney’s Evelina (1778) and Cecilia (1782). Their function was typically that of ‘plot catalysts’ (Castle 127), …
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