Masquerade procession with commedia dell'arte figures, Mardi Gras or Shrove Tuesday. Harlequin in motley with a marotte, Pulcinella with drum and horn. With a man in bicorn, dwarf in Turkish dress, man in a tall wig, Egyptian mummy, demon. Promenade des Jours Gras. Handcoloured lithograph after an anonymous early 19th century engraving from Henry Rene d’Allemagne’s Recreations et Passe-Temps, Games and Pastimes, Hachette, Paris, 1906.

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