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This watercolor by Louis Haghe (1806-1885) dates to 1845 and depicts the second Bal Costumé at Buckingham Palace wherein the guests dressed in the fashions of 1745. Haghe’s watercolor, commissioned by Queen Victoria, shows the Duc and Duchesse de Nemours, the guests of honor, dancing a minuet with their hosts, Victoria and Albert.
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