That “Bashaw of three tails” intrigued me, until I discovered it was merely a high-ranking pasha.  Now, I’m more interested in the half-bishop, half-soldier.  Via yeoldenews: By the 1780s masquerades had become an integral part of the social calender for London high society. Interest in the goings on at these parties was so great that newspapers would often print a list of the characters the aristocracy had chosen to portray. This particular list was published in the London Times on February 5, 1788, the day after the Pantheon Masquerade at the King’s Theatre.

That “Bashaw of three tails” intrigued me, until I discovered it was merely a high-ranking pasha. 

Now, I’m more interested in the half-bishop, half-soldier. 

Via yeoldenews:

By the 1780s masquerades had become an integral part of the social calender for London high society.

Interest in the goings on at these parties was so great that newspapers would often print a list of the characters the aristocracy had chosen to portray.

This particular list was published in the London Times on February 5, 1788, the day after the Pantheon Masquerade at the King’s Theatre.

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