James Robinson Planché

James Robinson Planché was a 19th-century British writer and illustrator who turned printed scenes into playful costume history. His February 1830 print in the H Beard Collection shows a crowd in period dress, frozen mid-dance like actors on a toy-theatre sheet. The image feels like a backstage peek at a masquerade, where every ruffle and sword hilt is drawn with the same care. Tap the print to zoom in and trace the lace on a sleeve or the buckle on a shoe.