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Clowns

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  • Joseph Grimaldi dressed as a hussar standing before another actor in a clown's costume in a scene from the pantomime, Red Dwarf. Etching by W. Heath, ca. 1811.
  • At the Opéra ball, King Louis Philippe (centre) as a clown is confronted by Charles Philipon (right, representing the journal Caricature) and Louis Desnoyers (left, representing the journal Charivari), both dressed as jesters. Lithograph attributed to Korff, 1834.
  • A theatrical performance of a tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a patient, accompanied by a zany. Etching.
  • Song of the perfect cure / words by F.C. Perry ; music by J. Blewett.
  • Song of the perfect cure / words by F.C. Perry ; music by J. Blewitt.
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    The outline of a clown's bow-tie in multi-coloured wavy lines representing an advertisement for a gala circus night by Circo Chen at Campo Pequeno on 18 November to benefit the AIDS organisation Abraco. Colour lithograph, 199-.

    | Date: [between 1990 and 1999?] | Reference: 676103i
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    Photograph of a girl dressed as a clown.

    | Date: [between 1880 and 1930?] | Reference: 3305737i
    Part of: The James Gardiner Collection.
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    A tightrope walker above a clown. Engraving after M. Laroon, 1688.

    Laroon, Marcellus, 1653-1702. | Reference: 3335i
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    Photograph of a woman dressed as a clown.

    | Date: [between 1880 and 1930?] | Reference: 3305736i
    Part of: The James Gardiner Collection.
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    Three Indian circus performers. Gouache drawing.

    | Reference: 27729i
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