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GRIMALDI, Joseph (1778–1837). A GROUP OF GRIMALDI PORTRAITS AND PLAYBILLS. Comprised of four letterpress playbills, ca. 1803 – 1818, for Grimaldi’s appearances at Sadler’s Wells and the New Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden, for productions including The Elements, Jack the Giant Killer, Timour the Tartar, and Salmagundi (sharing this latter bill is the rope dancer Antonio Diavolo); — CRUIKSHANK, I.R. Mr. Grimaldi, As Clown in “Harlequin & Friar Bacon.” Hand-colored etching, being a full-lengh image of Grimaldi in costume, knife in one hand and an oyster in the other, mounted to cardstock; — BROWN, H. Mr. Grimaldi as Hock in the Sixes. [London, ca. 1840]. Delicately hand-colored engraving of Grimaldi in his farewell performance at Sadler’s Wells. Mounted to cardstock. — The Arch Fiend disguised as a Pedlar proffering the Magic Dice. Small hand-colored etching of another Grimaldi production at Sadler’s Wells; — and a full-page illustration by F. Filliers, extracted from the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, December 19, 1874 edition, titled “Some Famous Clowns.” Grimaldi is pictured in and out of costume along with Tom Mathews, Fred Evans, Boleno, and others. The largest 14½ × 10", and all in generally good condition or better.