Clown Collection (page 2)

Poster, Barnum and Bailey, Greatest Show on Earth

Ventriloquist Mr Le-Hurst with his dummy Jimmy - Liverpool
Touring Ventriloquist Mr W. Le-Hurst with his dummy Jimmy - of 167 Liverpool Road, Islington, London. Found in an advertisement for a performance at the Abergavenny Coliseum in November 1915

France - Circus - Auguste and the White Clown
France - Circus - Interactions between Auguste (the happy clown) and the White Clown (the sad clown): " Session interrupted". Date: 1905

We Care for Nobody, No Not We by Florence Hardy
Delightful postcard featuring three dancing children dressed in clown and Pierrot costumes

Clown (Pink)
Lino cut of a clown printed in pink. Artist: Anon. Date: 1930s

Clown (Black)
Lino cut of a clown printed in black. Artist: Anon. Date: 1930s

The Bunnies enjoying the Party Date: 1924

Clown
Wu-Pee'. The cover design to a novel card game for children. Date: 1920s

Clown Uncle Jolliboy - holding up a fake chicken Date: circa 1920s

Advertisement Photograph, Clown
A photograph which would have been used for advertisement purposes, showing a clown looking upwards, with a distinct lack of a smile. Date: circa 1939

Place card, clown with painted face and top hat

Pierrot And The Banker Part 2
A series of illustrations portraying Pierrot the sad pantomime clown and a banker, Pierrot grabs a safe and puts a black cat inside, upon arrival to the banker

Pierrot And The Banker Part 1
A series of illustrations portraying Pierrot the sad pantomime clown and a banker, in each scene, Pierrot tries to impress the banker carrying the bags of wealth via means of playing music

French Figures
An illustration which shows an array of French figures, including Pierrot the sad clown, a pastor, a sailor and various other professions and famous people. Date: circa 1901

Pierrot Fleeing A Hare
An illustration of Pierrot the sad clown from pantomime, stumbling on one leg as he flees the image of a hare in the moon. Date: circa 1901

Un Petit Pierrot Dans Son Nid
This sketch shows a small child placed in a nest, on the branch of a tree, he represents the pantomime stock character, Pierrot the clown. Date: circa 1901

Young Joseph Grimaldi falling into orchestra pit
The young Joseph Grimaldi as a boy, falling into the orchestra pit in the role of a monkey. The clown on stage is his father, who had swung him on a chain as part of the performance

Joseph Grimaldi, kindness to the pantomime giants
Joseph Grimaldi, actor and clown, kindness to the pantomime giants Date: circa 1800s

Joseph Grimaldi, actor and clown, on stage with animals
Joseph Grimaldi, actor and clown, on stage with live animals Date: circa 1800s

Joseph Grimaldi, actor and clown, appearing in public Date: circa 1800s

Joseph Grimaldi, actor and clown, at the barber's shop Date: circa 1800s

Joseph Grimaldi, actor and clown
Joseph Grimaldi (1778-1837), actor and clown Date: circa 1810s

Pagliacci
A portrait painting of an actor, wearing a white costume in the role of Canio the clown, from Pagliacci, an Italian opera by Ruggero Leoncavallo. Date: circa 1917

Clown Couple
This illustration shows a happy looking man and woman wearing baggy clown costumes. Date: circa 1915

Bal Suzette
An oil painting depicting the scene of a man wearing a green clown suit, engaging in dance with a woman in a pink red dress, they are accompanied by an array of formal servants and other performers

Advert, Mazda light bulbs and lamps
Advert, Mazda Light Bulbs and Lamps, with circus clowns Date: 1952

Sister's Levey, performers, theatrical studio portrait
Sisters Levey, performers, theatrical studio portrait of the three women performers in clown costume, with pointed hats, pom-poms, and long gloves

Victorian Scrap, Clown with Banjo, Our Old Friend Date: late 19th century

Henry Edwards and Margot Landa in The Crooked Staircase
Henry Edwards and Margot Landa in Argosy Productions film The Crooked Staircase Date: 1929

The Clown - Dancer of the Moulin Rouge, Paris Date: circa 1910s

Clowns and pigs
Early chromolitho postcard from a series of clown illustrations by German illustrator Roick Date: circa 1900

Clowns with ball
Early chromolitho postcard from a series of clown illustrations by German illustrator Roick Date: circa 1900

Illustration, Gravediggers scene, Hamlet
Illustration to the Gravediggers scene in Shakespeare's play, Hamlet (Act. V, Scene I)

Jack Hulbert in Clowns in Clover, Adelphi Theatre, London
Jack Hulbert in Clowns in Clover, Adelphi Theatre, Strand, London, also with Cicely Courtneidge and June. Date: circa 1920s

Dolls of clown Monsieur Musard and ballerina Leontine
Clown Monsieur Musard and ballerina Mlle. Leontine Heberle, from the ballet Daphnis and Cephise. dressed by young Princess Victoria. Color plate after an illustration by Alan Wright from Frances H

Duchess of Parma and Count Almaviva dolls dressed
Dolls of the Duchess of Parma and Count Almaviva, from The Barber of Seville, dressed by young Princess Victoria. Color plate after an illustration by Alan Wright from Frances H

Woman in afternoon dress and hat watching birds. Toilette d apres-midi. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching after an illustration by Armand Vallee from Tommaso Antonginis Journal des Dames et des

Three children in fancy dress, as cupid, a clown or pierrot, and a flower fairy of some description. Date: c.1920

An all-girl pierrot troupe from the First World War, together with one chap (who is perhaps their musician?). The back of the postcard goes

Marceline the Droll, Spanish-born clown. He became famous at the newly-opened Hippodrome in the early twentieth century and then went to New York to perform at the hippodrome there

Victorian scrap, Boy Clown. 19th century

Newest turns at the London Hippodrome 1900
Newest turns at the London Hippodrome in October 1900 - Eugene Sandow, the famous strong man, Ghezzi the clown, the Sisters O Meers, the clever wire artists and M. Batty and his famous bear

Marceline the Droll, the London Hippodromes clown
Marceline, the popular clown at the London Hippodrome, where he famously influenced the young Charlie Chaplin when they appeared together in the Hippodromes first pantomime, Cinderella

Marceline the Droll & Otto Twigg, London Hippodrome
Marceline the Droll, the Spanish clown who who performed at the London Hippodrome in the first three years of it opening in 1900. Pictured with the Hippodromes ring master Mr Otto Twigg. Date: 1901

Zutka of the Hippodrome in Fleet Street
Zutka, the famous man/doll appearing at the London Hippodrome in 1904 flies by accident out of his box opposite Andertons Hotel in Fleet Street on his way to a photographers studio

Zutka, the mystery turn at the London Hippodrome
Zutka, one of the latest turns at the London Hippodrome in 1904. But is he a live man or a mechanical boy? asks The Bystander

Reg Jecks and Vera Vivian Variety Theatre Company
Members of the Reg Jecks and Vera Vivian Variety Theatre Company, performers in clown costumes in a garden at Birkenhead or New Brighton. circa 1909

Circus poster, The Brothers Francki, France. circa 1960s

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