Grimaldi
Drawing
ca.1830 (painted)
ca.1830 (painted)
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Hand cut stencil on cream, ribbed paper, with handwritten caption reading 'Grimaldi', probably the English actor, comedian and dancer Joseph Grimaldi (1778 – 1837), ca.1830.
The stencil shows a head and shoulders outline of Grimaldi in the make up and costume he wore when appearing as the Clown, 'Joey'. Grimaldi originally created this role when appearing in the Easter Pantomime at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London in the early 1800s.
The stencil shows a head and shoulders outline of Grimaldi in the make up and costume he wore when appearing as the Clown, 'Joey'. Grimaldi originally created this role when appearing in the Easter Pantomime at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London in the early 1800s.
Object details
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| Title | Grimaldi (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Ink on paper, printed, drawn. |
| Brief description | Hand cut stencil on cream, ribbed paper, with handwritten caption reading 'Grimaldi', probably the English actor, comedian and dancer Joseph Grimaldi (1778 – 1837), ca.1830 |
| Physical description | Hand cut stencil on cream, ribbed paper, with handwritten caption reading 'Grimaldi'. The stencil shows a head and shoulders outline of Grimaldi in the make up and costume he wore when appearing as the Clown, 'Joey'. |
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| Credit line | Gabrielle Enthoven Collection |
| Object history | The stencil was originally found in a scrapbook which contained cuttings from the 1830s. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | Hand cut stencil on cream, ribbed paper, with handwritten caption reading 'Grimaldi', probably the English actor, comedian and dancer Joseph Grimaldi (1778 – 1837), ca.1830. The stencil shows a head and shoulders outline of Grimaldi in the make up and costume he wore when appearing as the Clown, 'Joey'. Grimaldi originally created this role when appearing in the Easter Pantomime at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London in the early 1800s. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.758-2013 |
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| Record created | December 20, 2013 |
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