2-791-313 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Waverley Ball, 1844. Costume ball held at Willis's Rooms, King St, St James's, London: '...The object of this truly superb ball, was to raise a fund in aid of the general subscription for completing the beautiful Gothic monument in course of erection in the city of Edinburgh, to the memory of Sir Walter Scott'. Guests wore fancy dress based on characters from Scott's novels. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I.