Costume of a performer at a Paris fair, 18th century. Harlequin clown in white face, ruff collar, large check suit, balancing on a ladder in front of a circus tent. Fairs were held at Saint-Germain, Saint-Laurent, Saint-Ovide, with performers such as Audinot, L'Ecluse, etc. Les Foires de Paris. Handcoloured steel engraving by Alexandre Baulant after an illustration by Theophile Fragonard, within a decorative cartouche by Anne Modave, from Augustin Challamel's Autrefois ou Le Bon Vieux Temps, Types de 18e Siecle, Challamel et Cie, 1842.

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