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Joseph Grimaldi

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Joseph Grimaldi

(18 December 1778 – 31 May 1837)

Known as ‘The most celebrated of English clowns’, credited with being ‘the first white-face clown’. Joseph Grimaldi’s performances made the Clown the central character in the English Harlequinades.

Studio 1919