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Joker Collection

Background imageJoker Collection: Jolly Joker Playing Card

Jolly Joker Playing Card
A classic image of a jester, wearing cap and bells, playing a flute, a ninny stick, or jesters wand, attached to his belt

Background imageJoker Collection: Circus Clown Pointing

Circus Clown Pointing
A young child, with a hoop decorated with flowers, rides on the back of a skewbald (brown and white) horse, while a clown stands and points

Background imageJoker Collection: The Joker - Playing Card

The Joker - Playing Card
A classic image of a jester, wearing cap and bells, playing a flute, a ninny stick, or jesters wand, attached to his belt. Date: 19th century

Background imageJoker Collection: Examples of art on the RMS Queen Mary

Examples of art on the RMS Queen Mary. At the top left are four statuettes carved from limewood blocks by Norman J Forrest, representing The Four Seasons, for the main tourist class staircase

Background imageJoker Collection: A medieval court jester

A medieval court jester
A court jester - a historical entertainer either employed to entertain a ruler or other nobility in medieval or Tudor times

Background imageJoker Collection: Advert, Watney Mann Red Barrel Beer, playing card joker

Advert, Watney Mann Red Barrel Beer, playing card joker

Background imageJoker Collection: Progressive Bridge playing cards scorecard

Progressive Bridge playing cards scorecard, Joker holding the Aces

Background imageJoker Collection: Spotted joker, calypso white and silver emperor butterflies

Spotted joker, calypso white and silver emperor butterflies
Spotted joker butterfly, Biblia ilithyia 1, 2, calypso white, Belenois calypso 3, 4, and silver emperor, Doxocopa laure 5, 6. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Background imageJoker Collection: CIRCUS CLOWN AND HORSES

CIRCUS CLOWN AND HORSES
A clown and two trained horses. Date: late 19th century

Background imageJoker Collection: A Normandy Lad with his wares for sale

A Normandy Lad with his wares for sale - he certainly has the look of a cad or Joker ! Date: circa 1910

Background imageJoker Collection: Strip tease card game - Joker card

Strip tease card game - Joker card, featuring the four heads of the Theatre Manager, the exotic peformer, the prosecution barrister and the prude, Miss Prim

Background imageJoker Collection: Cartoon, In the trench club, WW1

Cartoon, In the trench club, WW1
Cartoon, In the trench club. Some French soldiers are playing cards for money in their trench when an explosion goes off nearby

Background imageJoker Collection: Two jesters on a Christmas card

Two jesters on a Christmas card -- None so deaf as those who won t hear. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageJoker Collection: Mr Punch

Mr Punch. 19th century

Background imageJoker Collection: New York City - Playing card - The Obelisk - Joker

New York City - Playing card - The Obelisk - Joker. Date: 1900

Background imageJoker Collection: Cartoon, Time for a drink, WW1

Cartoon, Time for a drink, WW1
Cartoon, Time for a drink. A French soldier sits on the back of a chair with his feet on the seat to drink at a bar. The two soldiers with him tell the owner not to be shocked by his behaviour

Background imageJoker Collection: Cartoon, Playing a practical joke, WW1

Cartoon, Playing a practical joke, WW1
Cartoon, a French soldier plays a practical joke on a colleague and sends him up a tree. Date: 1916

Background imageJoker Collection: Cartoon, A sophisticated man, WW1

Cartoon, A sophisticated man, WW1
Cartoon, A sophisticated man. A French soldier about to depart on leave asks an African colleague to let him have some of his lice, so that he can show them to his friends and family in Belleville

Background imageJoker Collection: Illustration, girl pulling at Jokers reins

Illustration, girl pulling at Jokers reins
Illustration, a girl pulling at Jokers reins as if he were a dog. Date: 1932

Background imageJoker Collection: Frontispiece illustration, the Joker, an Exmoor pony

Frontispiece illustration, the Joker, an Exmoor pony. Date: 1932

Background imageJoker Collection: Illustration, riding through a muddy patch

Illustration, riding through a muddy patch
Illustration, a girl rides her pony through a muddy patch, splattering a boy and his dog standing nearby. Date: 1932

Background imageJoker Collection: Illustration, girl riding with hands in pockets

Illustration, girl riding with hands in pockets
Illustration, a girl riding Jerry with her hands in her pockets, controlling the pony just with her legs. Date: 1932

Background imageJoker Collection: Illustration, boy sliding off a pony

Illustration, boy sliding off a pony
Illustration, a boy sliding off his saddle when Joker the pony turns more sharply than expected. Date: 1932

Background imageJoker Collection: Phil May as the Joker riding off on a mule into the sunset

Phil May as the Joker riding off on a mule into the sunset
Phil May as the Joker / Court Jester riding off on a mule into the sunset Date: circa 1900

Background imageJoker Collection: Sixpenny Village Sign

Sixpenny Village Sign
A Sixpenny Village - this is not the work of a practical joker, but the signpost to the Dorset (England) village of Sixpenny Handley! Date: 1950s

Background imageJoker Collection: German Drinkers C18

German Drinkers C18
A rather dissipated group of gentlemen drinking beer from tankards and smoking pipes at German court. A practical joker sets a bear cub onto a reveller, whose wig comes off!

Background imageJoker Collection: German Pipe Smokers C18

German Pipe Smokers C18
Gentlemen drinking beer from tankards and smoking pipes at German court. A practical joker sets a bear cub onto a reveller, whose wig comes off!

Background imageJoker Collection: Lloyd George as Jester

Lloyd George as Jester
DAVID LLOYD GEORGE as Court Jester to George V (and the real power of the country)

Background imageJoker Collection: Entertainer Personified

Entertainer Personified
The personification of entertainment - a one-man band, dressed as a jester with cap and bells

Background imageJoker Collection: Jester and Lady

Jester and Lady
A jester, with cap, bells, ninny stick, balloon and monkey, entertains an unimpressed looking lady

Background imageJoker Collection: Custom / France / Shrovetide

Custom / France / Shrovetide
A shrovetide parade in France


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