2-798-927 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Nobility's Ball, in the Banqueting-Room of Harewood House, 1845. Celebrations at Harewood House near Leeds in Yorkshire. 'The events which gave rise to the Festival were the Coming of Age, and Marriage, of Lord Viscount Lascelles, the eldest son of the present Earl of Harewood...a magnificent Ball was given to upwards of 700 of the nobility and gentry, which was kept up with great spirit until five o'clock. The Banqueting Room was most superbly refitted for the occasion...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII.