Grove Masque List of Disguises

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The Marquess of Pendleston shall be disguised as a Faerie King
- He shall be dressed in King's garments: white stockings, golden breeches, tunic and vest. Around his shoulders he wears a rather royal looking cloak, trimmed in mink. ( quite like the one on the left, only much older and portlier.) [1]. He will also be wearing a crown [2], a mask [3], and have a marble sceptor that will also double as his walking cane.'

Patrick Grove shall be disguised as a Man of Mystery
- He will be dressed in what would be normal formal attire for a ball, only everything completely black and a simple white mask. [4]

Penelope Grove will be disguised as the Night
- Dressed in a gown of midnight blue; shapes her waist, full in the skirt that falls at her natural hips. Silver ribbon woven through the neckline and drop waist. Diamond buttons clasp down the back and at the edge of her sleeves. In her hair that is left curled down her back are small diamond stars. [5]. Beneath the diamond hair pins she wears a waist length blue veil embroidered with silver beads to represent stars. Her mask is of the moon [6]

Annabelle Beacham will be disguised as The Army

Elizabeth Dunford will be disguised as The Navy
A navy blue silk gown with an empire waist, with white gauze rising from the hem to mimic ocean foam [7]. Seed pearls are scattered throughout the white gauze. Sewn where the end of the white gauze meets the navy blue silk are several small, two dimensional, intricately painted painted ships, one of which is the HMS Adratta, her brother's ship. The gown's waistline is accented by an intricately woven white rope, reminiscent of sailor's knots [8]. At her throat is a sapphire and pearl encrusted gold anchor [9], hanging from multiple strings of pearls [10]. From her ears hang matching earrings [11]. Her mask is pure white [12] (though with no feathers), with a delicately cut ship at the peak of the mask, just over her forehead [13]. Her hair is curled and pinned up with seashell encrusted pins [14].

Jemima Palmer will be disguised as Fire
A red overdress (without the bees) [15], with short cap sleeves trimmed with black lace, worn atop an orange gown [16]. She wears two gold bandeaux in her pinned-up hair [17] (the picture furthest to the right) and a mask to match [18]. At her neck and ears are pieces of jewelry made from red garnet [19]. Her gloves are in the same color gold as the bandeaux.

Helena Wriothesley shall be disguised as a Macaron
She will be dressed in a cerise pink gown, white gloves and a large round pink hat [20] decorated with strings of pearls. Her mask will be a white half face venetian [21] and she will be wearing pearls. She will carry a small basket of pink macarons she's baked herself.

Jane Middleton will be disguised as a Huntswoman
She will be dressed in a dark red gown similar to a riding habit [22], with an addition of a black riding hat [23] and simple black mask. She'll be wearing rubies and carrying a crop.

Thomas Sterne will be disguised as a Clergyman
He will be wearing an 18th century clergyman's costume and wig [24], and a black venetian nose mask [25].

Gwendolyn Moncrieff will be disguised as Bottom/Donkeyskin
She will be wearing a grey gown, trimmed with dark grey fur around its short sleeves and the hem. Her mask will be a donkey's head [26] (something like this, but without the horn, with longer upright ears and black in colour) decorated with flowers, from the back of which a long trail of black Spanish lace extends till just above the edge of her dress. She will wear an emerald pendant fastened loosely round her neck with a black velvet ribbon and white gloves. And she'll be carrying a cane with a donkey's head on top [27].

Charlotte Tolson will be disguised as a Forest Faeire
Dressed in an emerald green[28] gown [29] [30] with a sheer green overlay[31] and a sheer pair of silver fairy wings attached to the back of the dress. Her dress is decorated with a variety of flower pins [32] [33][34][35] [36], and her hair is twisted up into an elaborate style, with a small lily [37] tucked in amongst her hair. She wears a crystal crown[38] atop of her head, and a green and gold mask.[39]

Juliet Landon will be disguised as the Greek muse Clio
Dressed in an ivory silk[40] Grecian style dress[41], trimmed with gold trim[42]. She carries with her a scroll [43], and wears a golden cuff bracelet.[44]. Her hair has been curled and pinned up, and wears a gold headpiece[45]. Her mask is made of fine gold and crystal.[46]

Rosalind Fairmont will be disguised as The Queen of Diamonds, from a pack of playing cards.
Dressed in a bold and intricately geometrically patterned dress of yellow, red, black and white with a an unusually full skirt (suitably queenly) and sleeves that are puffed to the elbow and tight black velvet along her forearms. A gold, diamond studded diadem binds her hair and heavy necklace of gold and diamonds sits below her throat. On three finger are gold rings bearing diamond shaped red enamels. She carries a red sceptre topped with a fist-sized (paste) diamonds and her mask is also red and angular.

Marcus Fairmont will be disguised as a Hooded Shepherd

William Gosling will represent the Nemean Lion in a golden mask, complete with ears, and some rather sinister gold rings [47] on the fingers of his left hand that extend the length of each finger and end in a vicious claw.

Nicholas Gosling will be disguised as a Sir Gawain, Knight of the Round Table
(Inspired by a recent re-reading by His Grace of Sir Gawain and the Green Night [48])