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London, United Kingdom
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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.
Victoria and Albert Museum