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Repeating Pattern - circus clowns perform balancing actRepeating Pattern - three circus clowns performing a balancing act on a blue background. *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern
One Encore too many - Boy performer collapses backstageOne Encore too many - A young boy performer collapses backstage and is tended to by his female co-star, a kindly clown and another older member of the ensemble
The Loneliness of Penury - Pierrot upset having gone bustThe Loneliness of Penury - Pierrot upset and woeful having gone bust and been abandoned by society Date: 1911
The Circus Clown anounces the End of the Book. Date: 1895
Two off-work clowns attract attention in a Garrison TownIn a Garrison Town. First Loafer to second Loafer (as out friends from the circus pass by) - " Officers!". This is likely to derive from the two clowns often getting entangled with the law
The Two Macs - a theatrical comedy act of the London Variety theatres of the late Victorian age. Date: circa 1895
Theatrical JesterPortrait of a Theatrical Jester. Date: 1895
Balistoides conspicillum, clown triggerfishLS Plate 178 from the John Reeves Collection. John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Fractercula arctica, Atlantic puffin, Uria aalge, guillemotPlate 242 from Charles Sigisbert Sonninis Oiseaux, Vol. 62
Sargocentron hastatum, red squirrelfish, Amphiprion perculaPlate 25 by Louis-Isidore Duperrey from his Voyage de la Coquille 1822-1825, Zoologie Atlas, 1826
Topsy Turvy Pirate Ship
Circus montage, including chimps tea party; an elephant, woman standing on a horese, dolphin, a seal balancing a ball and a dog jumping through a clowns hoop
A clown wearing colorful costume and mask, with wild hair and hat with animal on top, and holding a rattle. Date 18--
The Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth - The great Coney Island water carnival... Poster showing performers diving and clowns in the ocean at Coney Island, New York. Date c1898
Pierrot in white ruffle collar and red face paintA pierrot wearing a white ruffle collar and black scull cap, with bright red lips and white powdered face. 1937
Coronation fancy dress party, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Russian dancer and MusicianTraditional Russian dancer with an accompanying Musician, playing an accordion, his face painted like a clown. Date: 1920s
Parade Float for Harknetts MenagerieA fantatsic postcard photograph depicting a Parade Float for Harknetts Menagerie, with lots of willing circus employees dressed up as a variety of wild animals!! Date: circa 1910s
Clowning AroundA clown pulls a funny face! Date: 1930s
Clown in traditional dress holding a hoop
Flame-Throwing ClownA flame-throwing clown! Date: 1980s
Childs Bedroom SuiteA Pierrot Clown bedroom suite - matching chest of drawers, wardrobe and dressing table - a must for the modern child. Date: 1930s
The Tatler Christmas Number front cover, 1953Front cover of The Tatler Christmas Number, 1953 featuring a scene inside a circus big top, with children being entertained by clowns and a girl acrobat on horseback. Date: 1953
A man who could not find a match for Wills Gold Flake cigareGentleman in a private theatre box who couldn t find a match, kindly receives a light from a hot poker by a clown on the stage. Date: 1930
La Place ClichyAdvertising Poster for La Place Clichy, Paris - showing the toys and games for children on sale. The Place de Clichy, also known as Place Clichy, is situated in the northwestern quadrant of Paris
Britannia and Eve Christmas cover 1932Front cover illustration featuring a ballerina, harlequin and clown performing a rather dramatic scene with a sword on stage
Theatre, Grock NermanGrock (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 dogA delightful postcard showing a clown with a decorated donkey and dog
Admiration by Florence HardyTwo little Pierrots admire from a distance a little girl in a charming clown style dress
False! by Florence HardyA 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 RojanA 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 crowdLouis-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 crowdColoured 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 crowdCopy 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 labelA girl dressed in a rather dashing clown outfit blows a horn or bugle
You re Not the Only Pebble on the Beach by Florence HardyA 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 MaidenTwo 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 HardyTwo children dressed in clown and Pierrot costumes, skate together under a silver moon
When Three is a Crowd by Florence HardyTwo little boys in clown costumes vie for the attention of a fellow female clown
Can This Be Love by Florence HardyA 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 PearseLovely 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 ForfeitsLabel 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. 1888Engraving showing a clown being taught either to ride horses bare-backed or to fly at a circus, c.1888
Circus Performance, c. 1886Engraving showing a performance under way, during a travelling circus visit to an English country town, c.1886. The audience look on, amused
Cassells Party MenuMenu for the staff dinner of the publisher Cassells held on 15 March 1923
