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A standing harlequin, with multicolour triangles radiating from his hat. Colour crayon drawing by Gerard, 1980.
Gerard, active approximately 1980.Date: 6.6.80 [6 June 1980]Reference: 2951959iPart of: Adamson Collection- Books
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The British stage: or the exploits of Harlequin: a farce. As it is performed by a company of wonderful comedians at both theatres, with Universal Applause; With all its Original Songs, Scenes, and Machines. Design'd as an after-entertainment for the audiences of Harlequin Doctor Faustus, and the necromancer.
Date: M.DCC.XXIV. [1724]- Pictures
Harlequin, magician and barber: the deceived rivals. Engraving by P. Tanjé, 1758, after C. Troost, 1738.
Troost, Cornelis, 1697-1750.Date: 1758Reference: 20695i- Books
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Harlequin: or, a defence of grotesque comic performances. By Mr. Justus Möser, ... Translated from the German by Joach. Andr. Fred. Warnecke, LL.C.
Möser, Justus, 1720-1794.Date: 1766- Pictures
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- Pictures
Hans Buling (?), an itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares with the aid of a monkey and a performer dressed as Harlequin. Engraving.
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A dying man surrounded by fantastic and mythological figures. Coloured etching.
Reference: 16062i- Pictures
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An itinerant medicine vendor performing on stage with two assistants and a monkey, selling his wares to an excitable crowd. Coloured wood engraving by J. Oortman.
Reference: 20933i- Pictures
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A busy drinking scene outside a tavern with the landlord taking a drink order from a new customer. Engraving by C. Du Bosc after J. Laguerre.
Laguerre, John, approximately 1702-1748.Reference: 26885i- Pictures
James II and Louis XIV and their allies portrayed as inmates of a lunatic asylum. Etching by R. de Hooghe, 1688.
Hooghe, Romeyn de, 1645-1708.Date: 1688Reference: 17525i- Pictures
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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- Pictures
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Four scenes from W. Combe's verse Dr. Last or the devil upon two sticks, a parody of the Royal college of physicians and in particular John Fothergill. Engraving after W. Combe.
Combe, William, 1742-1823.Reference: 22092i