4473173 One of a pair of matching dresses worn by two sisters at the Duchess of Richmond\'s \'Waterloo Ball\' in Brussels on the 15th June, 1815 (silk gauze) by English School, (19th century); Fashion Museum Bath; (add.info.: worn at a ball hosted by the Duchess of Richmond, which was held in Brussels on the 15th June 1815, three days before the Battle of Waterloo. Almost every senior officer of the Anglo-Allied army that had assembled in Belgium attended the Ball, from the Duke of Wellington down. The party was interrupted by the news that the French Army was approaching, forcing half the guests to abandon the ball.); by Fashion Museum Bath; by Fashion Museum Bath.