29 results filtered with: Fools and jesters
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Sancho Panza (the squire of Don Quixote) , at a banquet, being starved for health reasons by his physician. Lithograph by C. Nanteuil after M. de Cervantes Saavedra.
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 22108i
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Fools carved on the finial of the staff of the Compagnie Mère-Folle (Mère-Folie) at Dijon, 1482. Line engraving by or after B. Picart.
Date: 1700-1799Reference: 16036i
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The Italian social fabric symbolised by a chain of social types, with all relations of dependence ultimately relating back to the devil. Etching by G.M. Mitelli, 1691.
Mitelli, Giuseppe Maria, 1634-1718.Date: 1691Reference: 17932i
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Two designs for flags possibly for a theatrical company. Engraving by P. Yver, 1743.
Yver, Pieter, 1712-1787.Date: 1743Reference: 34047i
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Fools and jesters: with a reprint of Robert Armin's Nest of ninnies, 1608 / With an introduction and notes [by J.P. Collier].
Armin, Robert, active 1610.Date: 1842
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Ein Schock Phantast'n in einem Kasten mit Ihrem Pourtrait gar net in Kupffer gebracht und ausgelacht samt einer Vorred.
Date: [1730?]
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A drunken Bacchus cavorts atop the globe, accompanied by Fortune; to his right physicians and quacks fight for legitimacy; to his left the scales held by a blindfold Justice are tipped by a lawyer's money: an allegory of the world of justice and health overturned into one of chance and greed. Coloured etching by Daniël Veelwaard I after J. Smies, 1809.
Smies, Jacob, 1764-1833.Date: 1809Reference: 17675i
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The reverse side of a flag and dress coat which it is claimed belongs to the Dijon infantry. Engraving by P. Yver, 1743.
Yver, Pieter, 1712-1787.Date: 1743Reference: 34034i
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Phillips, a clown, known as 'the Merry Andrew'. Line engraving by W.J. Taylor after M. Laroon.
Laroon, Marcellus, 1653-1702.Reference: 20661i
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At the Opéra ball, King Louis Philippe (centre) as a clown is confronted by Charles Philipon (right, representing the journal Caricature) and Louis Desnoyers (left, representing the journal Charivari), both dressed as jesters. Lithograph attributed to Korff, 1834.
Korff.Date: [1834]Reference: 36159i
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Mary Toft (Tofts), who duped several doctors into believing she had given birth to a litter of rabbits: twelve episodes. Etching.
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The map of an island in the form of a fool's head; representing the Dutch financial crisis of 1720. Etching, 1720.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 814545iPart of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.
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A laughing jester holding a fool's bauble with a grotesque face. Line engraving by D. Custos after H. Goltzius.
Goltzius, Hendrik, 1558-1617.Reference: 3233i
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Brown's iron bitters : quality not quantity, purity : the best tonic / [Brown Chemical Co.].
Brown Chemical Company.Date: [between 1880 and 1889?]
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A jester contemplates a skeleton. Wood engraving after Paul Stade, 1884.
Stade, Paul, 1854-1931.Date: 1884Reference: 36819i
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An itinerant medicine vendor sitting on a donkey with his boxes of medicines, a monkey sits on his shoulder and a boy in a fool's costume blows a trumpet. Watercolour by M. Calisch.
Calisch, Moritz, 1819-1870.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 21018i
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Phillips, a clown, known as 'the Merry Andrew'. Line engraving by W.J. Taylor, 1792, after M. Laroon.
Laroon, Marcellus, 1653-1702.Date: 6 March 1792Reference: 1755i
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A jester with a small guitar slung over his shoulder offers cherries to a bird on his hand as another bird takes the fruit from the plate on the floor, and a chained monkey looks on. Engraving by E. Mohn after A. Lambron.
Lambron des Piltières, Albert Anatole Martin Ernest, 1836-Date: [1875]Reference: 29519i- Pictures
Four blind-folded fools play tug of war with the chains linking two storage boxes.
Weiditz, Hans, approximately 1495-approximately 1536Date: [1531]Reference: 3334585i
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A surgery where all fantasy and follies are purged and good qualities are prescribed. Line engraving by E. de Boulonnois, 16--.
Date: 1600-1699Reference: 18173i- Pictures
An English fool acting as spokesman for a Dutch quack doctor; an ornate border composed of the paraphernalia of quackery surrounds his proclamation. Engraving by G. Bickham.
Reference: 10935i
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A barber-surgeon holding a jester's head over a bowl, an assistant and dog dressed as a clown dance around. Wood engraving.
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Mimes from the pantomimime; representing British politicians with Queen Victoria at Christmas 1837. Lithograph by H. Heath.
Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850.Date: 7 January 1838Reference: 608230iPart of: Sketches of satire
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A vain woman combing her hair, a fool showing her her face in a mirror, and a philosopher pointing to a skull as a reminder of the vanity of transient things. Line engraving attributed to Pieter de Jode II after J. Jordaens.
Jordaens, Jacob, 1593-1678.Date: [between 1600 and 1699]Reference: 5142i
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Sancho Panza (the squire of Don Quixote) , at a banquet, being starved for health reasons by his physician. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth after M. de Cervantes Saavedra.
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616.Reference: 22039i