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WALLETT, W. F. (William Frederick Wallett 1806 – 1892). Wallett. The Veteran Queen’s Jester. Belfast: David Allen & Sons, 1886. Two-color pictorial letterpress broadsheet with wood engraved image of the popular Victorian circus clown, advertising a performance with Harmston’s Grand Circus in South Shields, England. “For this night only Mr. W. F. Wallett, The Queen’s Jester, will (by particular desire) represent his Classical Entertainment, called - Lo Studio or Living Models of Marble Gems!” After performing for Queen Victoria in 1844, Wallett promoted himself as “the Queen’s Jester” which would also be the title of his 1870 autobiography (see lot 477). 34 ¾ x 11 ¼”. Losses and tears to edges with several old tape repairs, creases, chipping, soiling.