Prints: P1327

Title

Mr Grimaldi as Clown

Artist

Cruikshank, George

Date

c.1833

Dimensions

Height: 18.8cm
width: 11.4cm

Inscription/signature

Printed recto: "Mr. GRIMALDI as CLOWN. / GCK. / KWP." Printed verso: "MANVELL THEATRE COLLECTION" Inscribed verso: "Cruikshank"

Provenance

Presented by Mr Michael Gaunt, March 2023.

Other number

E0136

Print depicting Joseph Grimaldi as Clown, possibly published c.1833. Engraved by George Cruikshank. Grimaldi is depicted full-length on a wooden stage, he wears polkadot breeches, with white tights, shoes, naval-style jacket and Napoleonic hat and white ruffle collar. He is holding a goose in his right arm and a piglet in his left, two more geese poke out from his jacket pockets and he is wearing a basket full of vegetables on his back.