Picture No | 10147080 |
Date | 1272 |
Description | Jesters |
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In the background is a FOOL, a kind of domestic idiot : the JESTER is a more sophisticated creature, expected to be witty rather than the butt of coarse amusement.
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Source | Charles Hamilton Smith, aquatinted by J Hill, in The Ancient Costume of Great Britain and Ireland |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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