A young Joseph Grimaldi, dressed as a monkey, getting propelled into the audience when the rope his father was swinging him round by snapped — illustration by George Cruikshank from the Memoirs, 1853.
Featured on PDR in the essay The Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi
Andrew McConnell Stott, author of The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi, introduces the life and memoirs of the most famous and celebrated of English clowns.
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A Young Joseph Grimaldi, Dressed as a Monkey, Getting Propelled into the Audience
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Date
1853
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Memoirs
