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William Heath
1795-1840
Grimaldi's bold dragoon in the popular pantomime of The red dwarf
hand colored etching
image: 230 x 332 mm; sheet: 250 x 353 mm
Peel 2209
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Title from caption.
Trimmed to plate mark.
Part of a series by Heath and published by Palser, dated 1812 (cf BM Satires 12003).
Summary:
The clown Grimaldi dressed as a hussar with huge boots and hat, brandishing a sword, threatening a man in a wig and eighteenth-century costume.
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