| Collection | David Drummond Pantomime Collection |
| Description | Contains a box of prints and illustrations featuring Joseph Grimaldi. These include: a sketch of Grimaldi out of costume and makeup, an image of a building captioned "The Clown Opposite Sadler's Wells"; Grimaldi as Orson in Valentine and Orson at Sadler's Wells Theatre; Grimaldi in 'Night' (1825); "Funny Joe The Clown of China"; reprint of a watercolour painting captioned "John Grouse and Mother Goose. Sung by Mr. Emery of Covent Garden Theatre. (Isaac and George Cruikshank, February 1, 1808." (1890, Douglas reprint); paper cutouts "White shadows in negative"; "The Race Between Joey Grimaldi and the Sweep"; "Mr Grimaldi as Hock in the Sixes (c.1828, H. Brown); "Clarke's characters in Mother Bunch" (toy theatre illustrations); Grimaldi as Clown in Mother Bunch (Theatre Royal Covent Garden, 15 June 1827); a series of small illustrations of Grimaldi as Clown (J. R. Cruickshank); Grimaldi as Clown in Mother Goose (Richard Bentley, 1846); "Series of sketches of the principal performers in the Grand New Pantomime - called The Popes Eye, or Tricks and Changes (1829). Grimaldi receiving an answer to his letter"; "Stag-Hunt, in the pantomime of Harlequin and the Red Dwarfs" (1813); "Joey on his High bred Hunter, at the Epping Hunt" (Fairburn Dashing Song Book for 1813); "Grim Joey Dashing Little Boney into the Jaws of a Rufsian Bear"; "The Eccentric Clown Illuminating the Entrance to Old Gutter Lane" (from Harlequin in his Element, c.1808); "Grimaldi's Leap Frog (from the Comic Pantomime of the Golden Fish, c.1812); "Grimaldi and the Nondescript in the Red Dwarf"; "Mr Grimaldi and Mr Norman in the Epping Hunt" (from Red Dwarf); "Grimaldi's Bold Dragoon" (from Red Dwarf); "Grimaldi's Tandem" (from Golden Fish); "Song in Character: All the World's in Paris."; "Combat in the Lady of the Lake" (c.1824); "Mr. Grimaldi as Clown in Dulce Domum" (c.1811); "Comic Dance in the Popular Pantomime of the White Cat" (c.1812); "The Whip Club, or Laughable Clown and his Darling in Ton"; "Whither my Love, ah! Whither art thou gone! The Spirit overcoming the Flesh or the Downfall of my Deary"; "Grim's Ghost"; "Poll of Horselydown. Sung by Mr Grimaldi at Sadlers Wells (c.1807); "Newmarket Donkey. Sung by Mr Grimaldi"; "The Laughable Clown and His Pretty Deary" (from Fairburn Laughable Song Book for 1813); a series of small christmas greetings; Grimaldi cartoon published for The Satirist (4 December, 1807); Grimaldi in "The Giant Pantomimic Riddler containing nearly 5000 comical conundrums, original riddles, puzzles, enigmas, etc. (New and Revised Edition); illustration by Alfred Bryan ("1847 Tom Matthews in all his Glory!"); "The Christmas Pantomimes" by Alfred Crowquill in The Illustrated London News (31 December 1842); "The Censor's Dream (After a Course of Pantomimes)" by Alfred Thompson; Grimaldi as Captain Corbie in Paul Jones; Grimaldi as Vanderdecken in the Flying Dutchman (H. Brown); Grimaldi as Scaramouch; and "A Friday Night Visitor" an illustration of Grimaldi's father being visited by the devil whilst asleep. Also included are three illustrations of other comedians and clowns: Richard 'Dicky' Suett, Tom Sayers as Clown, and Signor Paulo.
An oversized box contains two framed Grimaldi illustrations by W. Heath: one is captioned, "Grimaldi's Bang Up in the Popular Pantomime of Golden Fish" (undated), while a second states, "Grimaldi's Leap Frog, in the Comic Pantomime of the Golden Fish" (undated). |