Clown Collection (page 10)

Theatre, Grock Nerman
Grock (1880 - 1959), born Charles Adrien Wettach. Swiss clown

A Pierrot playing the banjo wishes the recipient of this postcard every good wish for a Merry Xmas Date: circa 1910s

Clown with a donkey and a dog
A delightful postcard showing a clown with a decorated donkey and dog

Admiration by Florence Hardy
Two little Pierrots admire from a distance a little girl in a charming clown style dress

False! by Florence Hardy
A little girl, dressed in a clown costume, is shocked to discover her Pierrot boyfriend is kissing another

Rejected by Florence Hardy

May it Go With a Swing by Rojan
A Christmas Card wish on the front cover of The Bystander featuring an illustration of a circus scene with a guitar playing clown in the foreground

Conjuror entertains a crowd
Louis-Philippe, proclaimed citizen king of France at the July revolution of 1830, is shown as a street conjuror, entertaining the crowds. HPG/8/2/1 (xi)

Illustration of a French conjuror and clown with crowd
Coloured illustration of a French conjuror and clown with crowd, circa 1800. HPG/8/2/1 (iv)

Rotund magician about to perform a trick for a crowd
Copy of illustration, " Escamoteur!" showing rotund magician about to perform a trick for a crowd (Imp. Chez Albert and Cie), February 1848. HPG/8/2/1 ()"

Batgers Musical Toy Crackers label
A girl dressed in a rather dashing clown outfit blows a horn or bugle

You re Not the Only Pebble on the Beach by Florence Hardy
A romantic attachment gone sour as one little clown tells his girlfriend that shes not the only pebble on the beach. A coquettish lady clown, wearing exactly the same outfit

Childrens Carnival - Clown and Italian Maiden
Two children in costume for a fancy dress party. A large boy is dressed as a clown, while a little girl has come as an Italian maiden, the latter idea perhaps not so popular these days!

The Silvery Moon by Florence Hardy
Two children dressed in clown and Pierrot costumes, skate together under a silver moon

When Three is a Crowd by Florence Hardy
Two little boys in clown costumes vie for the attention of a fellow female clown

Can This Be Love by Florence Hardy
A sweet scene showing two little boys dressed in clown or Pierrot outfits looking hopefully towards a little girl (in similar attire)

At the Pantomime by Susan Beatrice Pearse
Lovely illustration by Susan Beatrice Pearse showing children at a Christmas pantomime. A clown on stage is throwing crackers into the audience stalls

Batgers Crackers Amusing Forfeits
Label for a box of Batgers Amusing Forfeits crackers showing a male and female clown sharing a cracker or two

Clown learning to ride bare-back horses, c. 1888
Engraving showing a clown being taught either to ride horses bare-backed or to fly at a circus, c.1888

Circus Performance, c. 1886
Engraving showing a performance under way, during a travelling circus visit to an English country town, c.1886. The audience look on, amused

Cassells Party Menu
Menu for the staff dinner of the publisher Cassells held on 15 March 1923

Pantomime Clown / Robinson
A clown introduces the pantomime

The Carnival in Rome, 1872
Engraving showing a number of revellers from Romes Carnival, in fancy dress, dancing around a priest, 1872. The priest appears somewhat alarmed to be surrounded by a donkey, a cockerel, a dog

The Telegram by John Hassall
A clown is temporarily distracted from his performance by the inconvenient arrival of a telegram boy in the big top

Girls, Dog & Puppet
Two spiteful Victorian girls torment the family dog with an articulated toy clown, or is it a pierrot?

Popov on Tightrope
Popov the clown of the Moscow State Circus, defies gravity by walking the tightrope during a circus visit to Cornwall, England!

Popov the Clown
Popov the clown fools around during a visit by the Moscow State Circus to Cornwall, England

Broken Hearted Clown
The head of a laughing clown illustrates the song, Broken- Hearted Clown"

Three Circus Clowns
Three clowns in traditional dress

Clown Holding the Baby
A clown in traditional dress is left holding the baby

WATCHING I PAGLIACCI
Watching I PAGLIACCI (The clowns) from a private box at Covent Garden, London

Griff / Variety Theatre
GRIFF Music hall entertainer

Card ;Clown & Dogs
Clown and performing dogs

Card - Clown Children
Children dressed as clowns

Garnier / Circus Clown
A clown wearing very large shoes, lipstick and a top hat

Advert / Onoto Pen 1919
Onoto pens - its going to be a great Christmas !

Clown Appears on Stage
A cross section of a stage which shows how a clown magically appears on stage during a pantomime

Garnier / Circus Clowns
A clown wearing a yellow spotted outfit holding a fan

Portrait of a Clown
A portrait of a laughing clown, in his full costume, at Bertram Mills Circus

Bon Genre No. 91 Costume
A Paris street acrobat stands on one leg on a candlestick which her partner holds steady, while their child does a handstand and a mother gives her daughter a coin for them

New Year Clown & Coster
A clown makes a coster pull a cart, while the poor old donkey has a free ride for a change

Circus Dogs / Dog Biscuits
Circus dogs advertising Greensmiths Derby dog biscuits

Circus Clown and Horses
Two horses perform at the circus clowns bidding

Henry Duke Norfolk
HENRY HOWARD, sixth duke of NORFOLK - statesman and diplomat, considered a clown by some, by others a patron of learning. with his autograph

Richard Tarlton / Jester
RICHARD TARLTON - Clown and jester to the court of Elizabeth I

Card - John Bull
John bull with clowns

Pantomime / Clown Appears
Cross-section to show how the clown appears on the stage

Stafford Pageant / Clown
Stafford Pageant - Clown collecting money

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