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LOUIS HAGHE (1806-85)
The 1745 Fancy Ball at Buckingham Palace, 6 June 1845
1845Watercolour and bodycolour | 20.8 x 26.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 919907
A watercolour depicting the royal set lined up for the 'Menuet de la Cour.' From left to right are the duchesse de Nemours, the Prince of Leiningen, the Queen together with the duc de Nemours, Prince Albert and Prince George of Cambridge dancing with 2 ladies.
For the second Bal Costumé at Buckingham Palace the guests dressed in the fashions of 1745. Haghe’s watercolour shows the duc and duchesse de Nemours, the guests of honour, dancing a minuet with their hosts. The press referred to the ‘graceful flitting forms’ of this royal dance. Haghe’s drawings were published as souvenir lithographs.
Text adapted from Victoria & Albert: Art & Love, London, 2010
For the second Bal Costumé at Buckingham Palace the guests dressed in the fashions of 1745. Haghe’s watercolour shows the duc and duchesse de Nemours, the guests of honour, dancing a minuet with their hosts. The press referred to the ‘graceful flitting forms’ of this royal dance. Haghe’s drawings were published as souvenir lithographs.
Text adapted from Victoria & Albert: Art & Love, London, 2010
