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HARLEQUIN AND THE SWANS ;
or THE BATH OF BEAUTY ;
'Grimald's charger' ;
Joseph Grimaldi (as Clown) ;
Harlequin in background ;
'A dance, or rather a march, on beer barrels places on cans, (a very strong force) led on by Grimaldi mounted on a charger of a piece with his army, being made up of a barrel laid on a stand, with a funnel for its tail and a hand-saw for its head, caused much laughter' ;
at Covent Garden Theatre Royal, London, UK ;
1813 ;
Credit : Mander and Mitchenson / University of Bristol / Performing Arts Images ;
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- University of Bristol / Performing Arts Images
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'A 'Grimald's 1800s 1813 19TH AND ARMY as b&w b+w BACK BACKGROUND BARREL barrels bath BEAUTY beer being black Bristol CANS caused century charger charger' Clown COM Comedy COMMEDIA COVENT Dance DELL'ARTE early for Force FUNNEL GARDEN GRIMALDI hand-saw Harlequin Head His horse horseback ITS JOSEPH LAID Laughter' LED London MADE MANDER March MITCHENSON Monochrome mounted MUCH of On OR PANTO Pantomime parody performance
- Contained in galleries
