Clown Collection (#3)

Italian street pantomime artist in grotesque wig, playing a bizarre one-string violin with balloon
FLO4677342 Italian street pantomime artist in grotesque wig, playing a bizarre one-string violin with balloon. " This young Italian man with black eyes excels at terrible grimaces

Clown (mixed media on cardboard)
8683505 Clown (mixed media on cardboard) by Bonzagni, Aroldo (1887-1918); Assicoop-Unipol Collection, Modena, Emilia Romagna, Italy; (add.info.: "Clown", by Aroldo Bonzagni (1887 - 1918)

Interior of the Alhambra Palace, Leicester Square, London (engraving)
8676641 Interior of the Alhambra Palace, Leicester Square, London (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Interior of the Alhambra Palace, Leicester Square)

Shakespeare: Measure for Measure (chromolitho)
8631801 Shakespeare: Measure for Measure (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Measure for Measure. Escalus, a Justice, Elbow, Froth, and Clown)

Child dressed as a clown with bottles of wine (coloured photo)
8656255 Child dressed as a clown with bottles of wine (coloured photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Child dressed as a clown with bottles of wine)

I care for nobody, no not I, if nobody cares for me (colour litho)
8656503 I care for nobody, no not I, if nobody cares for me (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: "I care for nobody, no not I)

Doc Campbell (b/w photo)
8656143 Doc Campbell (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Doc Campbell. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

One of Walter Trier's Crazy People (colour litho)
8646643 One of Walter Trier's Crazy People (colour litho) by Trier, Walter (1890-1951); Private Collection; (add.info)

Advertisement for Signor Paulo's Night at the Royalty Theatre, 1822 (engraving)
8677744 Advertisement for Signor Paulo's Night at the Royalty Theatre, 1822 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho)
8670076 Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Letter A, B, C and D: Harlequin (Commedia dell'arte), Bobeche (Antoine Mandelot)
DUV4204025 Letter A, B, C and D: Harlequin (Commedia dell'arte), Bobeche (Antoine Mandelot), Cadet Roussel (Guillaume Rousselle, 1743-1807) and Le Roi Dagobert (Dagobert I, ca)

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Illustration in " Chanson illustree", ca. 1840 - Pandora's box - Music, Circus, Percussion - Clown
ICA4841640 Illustration in " Chanson illustree", ca. 1840 - Pandora's box - Music, Circus, Percussion - Clown

Illustration in " Song illustree", ca. 1840 - The employment office - Work - Clown
ICA4841456 Illustration in " Song illustree", ca. 1840 - The employment office - Work - Clown; (add.info.: Illustration in " Song illustree", ca)

Letter Q and R: discharge, keels, four, tail and rake, tap, rat, roses, wheel, c.1920 (print)
DUV4202585 Letter Q and R: discharge, keels, four, tail and rake, tap, rat, roses, wheel, c.1920 (print); 16x24.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: ABC de Guignol by Griff (French illustrator)

Letter A and B from ABC de Guignol by Griff, c.1920 (engraving)
DUV4202539 Letter A and B from ABC de Guignol by Griff, c.1920 (engraving); 16x24.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: ABC de Guignol by Griff (French illustrator), 8 pages Letter A and B (araignee)

Letters X, Y, Z, decorees of grotesque figures and animals, c.1830 (engraving)
DUV4222431 Letters X, Y, Z, decorees of grotesque figures and animals, c.1830 (engraving); 16x12 cm; (add.info.: Alphabet fun. J. Langlume, editor around 1830)

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Ballan Mire (Ballan-Mire): a child in a clown's panoply accompanies his dog
LUX4758323 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Ballan Mire (Ballan-Mire): a child in a clown's panoply accompanies his dog sitting on a chair, 1910; (add.info.: France, Centre)

Varieties of geraniums or pelargoniums: the Clown, the Harlequin and Singularity
FLO4646216 Varieties of geraniums or pelargoniums: the Clown, the Harlequin and Singularity. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmann's Book of the World, Stuttgart

The figures of notes - Music Alphabet - For use by young students in Schools, Education Houses and Families
DUV4219909 The figures of notes - Music Alphabet - For use by young students in Schools, Education Houses and Families, 1897 (lithograph); 31x24.5 cm; (add.info.: Paul Dupont, editor, Paris, 1897)

clowns on stage, France, c. 1900 (chromo)
1790204 clowns on stage, France, c. 1900 (chromo); (add.info.: clowns on stage in France, early 20th century); Photo © CCI

Pierrette (engraving)
8631561 Pierrette (engraving) by Stahl, Friedrich (1863-1940); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pierrette. Illustration from Black and White)

Pierrette (engraving)
8631264 Pierrette (engraving) by Koppay, Joszi Arpad (1859-1927); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pierrette, female clown with a cat and a monkey. Illustration from Black and White)

Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho)
8670078 Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho)
8670073 Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

William Frederick Wallett, English clown (engraving)
8676637 William Frederick Wallett, English clown (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Magician, 1924 (print)
5975759 Magician, 1924 (print); Private Collection; (add.info.: Article 1. Show. The magician Abudadullah. Illustration published in the magazine: Aller Lapja, Hungary, 1924. Coll)

A clown performing a stunt
5616472 A clown performing a stunt; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a clown performing a stunt where he falls comically off a bicycle. Dated 19th Century)

France, Fantasy portrait of a man with hat and clown costume draws and colorizes, 1880
LUX4730864 France, Fantasy portrait of a man with hat and clown costume draws and colorizes, 1880; (add.info.: France, Fantasy portrait of a man with hat and clown costume draws and colorizes)

Art. Entertainment. Circus. Clown training a fake horse. Imagery "Munchener Bilderbogen", Germany
3434993 Art. Entertainment. Circus. Clown training a fake horse. Imagery "Munchener Bilderbogen", Germany, c.1880 (colour engraving); (add.info.: Art. Spectacle. Cirque)

English actor Noel-Edouard Bardou as Duportal in L'Homme Grave by Emile Souvestre, Theatre du Vaudeville, 1846
FLO4631847 English actor Noel-Edouard Bardou as Duportal in L'Homme Grave by Emile Souvestre, Theatre du Vaudeville, 1846

Costume of a Pierrette, female Pierrot, 19th century. White conical hat, white jacket and white skirt
FLO4655680 Costume of a Pierrette, female Pierrot, 19th century. White conical hat, white jacket and white skirt, all decorated with blue ribbons and bows

English tenor opera singer Jean Elleviou (1769-1842) as Pierrot in the comic opera Le Tableau parlant by Andre Gretry
FLO4562723 English tenor opera singer Jean Elleviou (1769-1842) as Pierrot in the comic opera Le Tableau parlant by Andre Gretry at the Theatre Feydeau

Letter G and H: Guignol (puppet) and Hurluberlu getting bitten by a dog, beg 20th century (chromolithograph)
DUV4204086 Letter G and H: Guignol (puppet) and Hurluberlu getting bitten by a dog, beg 20th century (chromolithograph); 25x17.5 cm; (add.info.: Drolatic album (abecedary)

Letter A and B: Harlequin (Commedia dell'arte) and Bobeche (Antoine Mandelot), beg 20th century (chromolithograph)
DUV4204031 Letter A and B: Harlequin (Commedia dell'arte) and Bobeche (Antoine Mandelot), beg 20th century (chromolithograph); 25x17.5 cm; (add.info.: Drolatic album (abecedary)

Letter C (clown). Recreative alphabet. Chromolithography, undated (ca. 1920)
DUV4203760 Letter C (clown). Recreative alphabet. Chromolithography, undated (ca. 1920). Offered by "La Samaritaine de Nancy"

Deux clowns en costume. Gravure du journal "Gazette des Enfants", 1895. Collection privee Jean-Paul Paireault
COI4130929 Deux clowns en costume. Gravure du journal "Gazette des Enfants", 1895. Collection privee Jean-Paul Paireault.; (add.info.: Deux clowns en costume)

Bajazzo the clown from the short story, Der Bajazzo (colour litho)
8655840 Bajazzo the clown from the short story, Der Bajazzo (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bajazzo the clown from the short story, Der Bajazzo)

January and February (chromolitho)
8677387 January and February (chromolitho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: January and February, snowball fight and the carnival)

The sad end of Harlequin the painter (colour litho)
8672607 The sad end of Harlequin the painter (colour litho) by Bull, Rene (1872-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: The sad end of Harlequin the painter)

Girls dancing with boys at a fancy dress party (colour litho)
8635210 Girls dancing with boys at a fancy dress party (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Girls dancing with boys at a fancy dress party)

The fool or jester, le Fou, 15th century. In hat with bells, short jacket with long sleeves, two-colour hose
5912943 The fool or jester, le Fou, 15th century. In hat with bells, short jacket with long sleeves, two-colour hose, holding a marotte

La Caricature (1830) politique, number 55, Satirique en Couleurs, 1831_5_12: Come, gentlemen, here are three nutmeg
ICA4930267 La Caricature (1830) politique, number 55, Satirique en Couleurs, 1831_5_12: Come, gentlemen, here are three nutmeg

A clown wearing colourful costume and mask
2909913 A clown wearing colourful costume and mask; (add.info.: A clown wearing colourful costume and mask, with wild hair and hat with animal on top, and holding a rattle)

Art. Entertainment. Clowns. Jacquot Shoe Polish. Poster by Lefevre, France, 1894. (poster)
3434460 Art. Entertainment. Clowns. Jacquot Shoe Polish. Poster by Lefevre, France, 1894. (poster); (add.info.: Art. Spectacle. Coll. Part. Art. Entertainment. Clowns. Jacquot Shoe Polish)

Letter G: Guignol (puppet), beg 20th century (chromolithograph)
DUV4204084 Letter G: Guignol (puppet), beg 20th century (chromolithograph); 25x17.5 cm; (add.info.: Drolatic album (abecedary). Series number 4 in Albums-chromo on canvas

Letter X, Y and Z: xylophone and eyes then zouave, zebra, c.1920 (print)
DUV4202602 Letter X, Y and Z: xylophone and eyes then zouave, zebra, c.1920 (print); 16x24.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: ABC de Guignol by Griff (French illustrator)

Profession Alphabet: Clown, beg of 20th century (illustration)
DUV4215287 Profession Alphabet: Clown, beg of 20th century (illustration); Private Collection; (add.info.: Unknown illustrator); Photo © Duvallon

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Step right up and enter the whimsical world of clowns. From the enchanting Goose Fair in Nottingham to the iconic Pantomime Characters of Commedia dell Arte, these colorful jesters have been captivating audiences for centuries. Immerse yourself in history as you gaze upon Arthur Spooner's masterpiece, "The Brighton Pierrots. " Painted in 1915, this oil on canvas transports you to a bygone era where laughter echoed along seaside promenades. Meet James Doughty, England's oldest clown, whose timeless charm has brought joy to generations. Whether performing at Bertram Mills Circus or delighting crowds at Charles Green's balloon event in Stowmarket, his legacy lives on through his infectious smile and mischievous antics. Marvel at the vibrant Barnum & Bailey Poster that beckons you into a world filled with wonder and excitement. Join Punch, Toby, and Clown as they take center stage with their hilarious shenanigans that will leave you in stitches. Don't miss the Tower Circus in Blackpool where acrobats soar through the air while clowns bring laughter to all who witness their slapstick comedy. And if you dare venture onto the Helter Skelter at Goose Fair in Nottinghamshire, prepare for a thrilling ride down its spiral slide amidst an atmosphere of pure merriment. As we delve deeper into Victorian times with Clowns/Victorian Scrap collection, we discover how these jolly figures were cherished symbols of entertainment during an era known for its grandeur and extravagance. So next time you spot a circus clown pointing towards adventure or catch sight of a vintage photograph capturing their timeless allure – remember that behind those painted smiles lies an art form steeped in tradition and dedicated to spreading joy across continents.