Masquerades also existed in eighteenth-century London, but it is Parisian Carnival and its masked balls in the nineteenth century that have produced the most commentary, gossip, and visual images.

Thus, masquerades in 18th-century London and masquerade balls in 19th-century Paris are two prominent examples of masked parties, each of which generated a great deal of commentary, gossip, and visual imagery in their time, and as an important part of the culture and history of art and entertainment. Europe is known.