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ARTIST: Balliol Salmon (U.K., 1868-1953) (drawing)

TITLE OF WORK: The return to gaiety, as illustrated by the Chelsea Arts ball

TYPE OF WORK: Print

DATE: 1919

DIMENSIONS: 30.5 x 50.6 cm

COMMENTS: In the Royal Albert Hall on 12/03/1919 upwards of 4,000 revellers assembled to resuscitate the famous carnival ball. The "camouflaged dancers" - for the war's "dazzle" devices were the predominant fea

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.K., England, London

DANCE FORM: ballroom, couple

KEYWORDS: disguise