Print Collection
1842
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1842
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Print Collection is a 1842 by Unknown, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows a stage with people taking a bow. It's likely from a show about Joseph Grimaldi, a famous clown. The scene looks like it's from a small theater, with a piano and ladies on stage. The print is old, from around 1842. This print can be found at the museum, to learn more, check out the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The print depicts nine characters on a stage, with the name "GRIMALDI" in decorative lettering above. Three figures wear Grimaldi’s signature red-and-white flounced clown costume and white-face make-up, while four others—a soldier, an elderly woman, a man in a dressing gown and nightcap, and a man with checked trousers and an umbrella—display his characteristic red-and-white make-up in different costumes. Flanking the stage are two female performers: a singer or narrator on the right and a pianist on the left. The scene likely represents a curtain call from a Victorian entertainment about the…
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