Publisher's Synopsis
REDISCOVER THE PLEASURES OF VICTORIAN PARTY AMUSEMENT BY PRESSING OUT THESE 24 FACSIMILE REPRODUCTIONS OF FULL SIZED MASKS FROM THE ARCHIVES OF MADAME TUSSAUDS AND THE STOCKHOLM LEKSAKSMUSEUM. LIONEL LAMBOURNE,ASSISTANT KEEP OF PAINTINGS AT THE V & A MUSEUM CONTRIBUTES AN INFORMATIVE INTRODUCTION,MAKING THIS A BOOK OF COLOURFUL NOSTALGIA AND INSTANT AMUSEMENT.
