The Clown Grimaldi Performing on a Cart
An illustration of the famous clown Grimaldi (1777-1837) performing, presumably the pantomime Golden Fish'. He is shown in a cart being pulled by dogs, one of which has a cockerel riding it. Grimaldi himself is in clown attire with an upturned bowl on his head, with a cockerel on top of that. He is holding a ribbon stick and blowing natural trumpet
Picture No
10636986
Media ID
47554589
Size
3424px x 4959px
(3.8MB)
Credit
©Williams College Oxford Programme / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Illustration by Pauline Baynes in The Sphere Christmas Issue p11
Date
circa 1820
