Decoration for a Masked Ball at Versailles, on the Occasion of the Marriage of Louis, Dauphin of France, and Maria Theresa, Infanta of Spain (Bal masque donne par le roi, dans la grande galerie de Versailles, pour le mariage de Dauphin, 1745), ca. 1860 reprint of 1764 plate, Etching with engraving, 18 3/4 x 30 1/4 in. (47. 6 x 76. 8 cm), Prints, Charles Nicolas Cochin I (French, Paris 1688?1754 Paris), after Charles Nicolas Cochin II (French, Paris 1715?1790 Paris), In 1745, the marriage of Louis XV's son was celebrated with a masqued ball held at the royal chateau at Versailles. The event was afterwards dubbed the Yew Tree Ball because the king and his attendants had arrived dressed as topiary yew trees