Fool Collection (page 2)

A jester, 1777/1783. Creator: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt
A jester, 1777/1783

A voluptuous, haggard dude, 1964. Creator: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt
A voluptuous, haggard dude, 1964

Victorian satirical cartoon, The Miser and the Dandy
Vintage engraving of a victorian satirical cartoon, 19th Century. The Satires of Cynicus. The Miser and the Dandy

Fool's Cap World Map, c.1590 (hand-coloured engraving on off-white paper, with inscriptions in iron gall ink)
1217928 Fool's Cap World Map, c.1590 (hand-coloured engraving on off-white paper, with inscriptions in iron gall ink) by Unknown Artist, (16th century); 49.7x38.8 cm; Ashmolean Museum

Court Fool
3782179 Court Fool; (add.info.: Court Fool, reproduced from a woodcut in a 1552 folio of Sebastian Munster's Cosmographie Universelle)

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Portrait of a man or The Mad Man, 1828 (oil on canvas)
3736123 Portrait of a man or The Mad Man, 1828 (oil on canvas) by Malatesta or Malatesti, Adeodato (1806-91); 42.8x32.8 cm; Assicoop-Unipol Collection, Modena, Emilia Romagna

Thomas Rowlandson, The Honeymoon - When the old fool has drunk his wine, and gone to rest - I will be thine. circa 1816

Its tatifolarious how tickled I am to see you again auntie. Its the King of the Diddy men and his old Auntie Annie from Knotty Ash

Comedian Ken Dodd at Tyne Tees Television after filming a showcase television spectacular for six of the top clubland acts in the region on 26th November 1980

Merthyr Tydfil boys playing
Two boys play on a bench above the steel works (now closed) at Merthyr Tydfil. Vintage black and white image. First published The Sunday Times c1989 1989

A fool with parrot, 1875. Found in the Collection of State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Victorian satirical cartoon, Masking Depression with Humor
Vintage engraving of a Victorian satire on Masking Depression with Humor, 19th Century. The merry Fool, in motley at the Fair, May hide in jest and laughter, his despair

Victorian satire on Blind Self Importance, 19th Century
Vintage engraving of a Victorian satire on Blind Self Importance, 19th Century. Blind Self Importance flaunts his feeble light

The Fool makes money when the wise man begs
Vintage engraving of a victorian satirical cartoon, 19th Century. The Satires of Cynicus. The Fool makes money when the wise man begs; Just so - It was a goose that laid the golden eggs

Jesters at the Court of Empress Anna Ioannovna, 1872. Artist: Jacobi, Valery Ivanovich (1834-1902)
Jesters at the Court of Empress Anna Ioannovna, 1872. Found in the collection of the State S. Ersya Mordovian Art Museum, Saransk

Nuhlimahla-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Nuhlimahla-Qagyuhl, c1914. Person wearing ceremonial mask of the Nuhlimahla during the during the Winter Dance ceremony. These characters impersonated fools

My Word! We caught THIS wandering here. Two young women mock a rather daft-looking young man, possibly trying to use his facial dexterity to gain their attention/affection?! Date: 1910

Theatre Theatrical Popular Entertainment Stage
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Disparate de tontos (Fool's folly), 1877 (etching, aquatint & drypoint)
3745584 Disparate de tontos (Fool's folly), 1877 (etching, aquatint & drypoint) by Goya y Lucientes, Francisco Jose de (1746-1828); 29x43 cm; Manchester Art Gallery

Bobalicon (Silly Idiot), 1864 (etching, aquatint & drypoint)
3959779 Bobalicon (Silly Idiot), 1864 (etching, aquatint & drypoint) by Goya y Lucientes, Francisco Jose de (1746-1828); 24.3x34.5 cm; Manchester Art Gallery

Costume design for The Russian Buffoon, from Sleeping Beauty, 1921 (colour litho)
STC133679 Costume design for The Russian Buffoon, from Sleeping Beauty, 1921 (colour litho) by Bakst, Leon (1866-1924); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection

Of brekynge and hurtynge of amyte and frendshyp, illustration from Alexander Barclays English translation of The Ship
486402 Of brekynge and hurtynge of amyte and frendshyp, illustration from Alexander Barclays English translation of The Ship of Fools, from an edition published in 1874 (engraving) by German School

Buffoons in a Village, 1857 (oil on canvas)
BAL152047 Buffoons in a Village, 1857 (oil on canvas) by Riss, Francois Nicholas (1804-86); 55x73.5 cm; Museum of Tropinin and His Contemporaries, Moscow, Russia

Balaam and the Ass, 1622 (oil on panel)
990083 Balaam and the Ass, 1622 (oil on panel) by Lastman, Pieter (1583-1633); 40.3x59.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Balaam and the Ass. Pieter Lastman (1583-1633). Oil on panel

Raising Loans from Navis Stultifera (Ship of Fools), Plate 24 from Woodcuts from... 1929
Raising Loans from Navis Stultifera (Ship of Fools), Plate 24 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century, 1497, portfolio assembled 1929

Harlequin, c. 1940-41 (watercolour on paper)
PNH419712 Harlequin, c.1940-41 (watercolour on paper) by Welch, Maurice Denton (1915-1948); 17x23 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

The Court Jester. 12th Century (colour litho)
670160 The Court Jester. 12th Century (colour litho) by Moreland, Arthur (1876-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Court Jester. 12th Century)

Cover illustration for A Humorous History of England by Charles Harrison (colour litho)
5997683 Cover illustration for A Humorous History of England by Charles Harrison (colour litho) by Harrison, Charles (d.1943); Private Collection; (add.info)

Fables of La Fontaine: The fool who sold wisdom (litho)
6002150 Fables of La Fontaine: The fool who sold wisdom (litho) by Billinghurst, Percy James (1871-1933); Private Collection; (add.info.: The fool who sold wisdom)

Illustration for the poem Mans Love by Shakespeare, from the book Palgraves Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics
2607880 Illustration for the poem Mans Love by Shakespeare, from the book Palgraves Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics, published 1919 (colour litho) by Fortescue-Brickdale

Girl in Pierrots Hat, 1940 (oil on canvas)
651092 Girl in Pierrots Hat, 1940 (oil on canvas) by Kuhn, Walt (1880-1949); 102.7x76.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Girl in Pierrots Hat. Walt Kuhn (1880-1949). Oil on canvas

The Clownss Daughter, (oil on canvas laid on board)
650734 The Clownss Daughter, (oil on canvas laid on board) by Luks, George Benjamin (1867-1933); 76.2x64 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Clownss Daughter. George Benjamin Luks (1867-1933)

Pierrot and Pierrette, (oil on canvas)
823002 Pierrot and Pierrette, (oil on canvas) by Kuhn, Walt (1880-1949); 51.3x61.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Pierrot and Pierrette. Walt Kuhn (1877-1949). Oil on canvas

La Poeme, (drypoint and aquatint)
990997 La Poeme, (drypoint and aquatint) by Icart, Louis (1888-1950); 45.2x54.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: La Poeme. Louis Icart (1888-1950). Drypoint and aquatint. 45.2 x 54.5cm

Those to whom fools propound, illustration from Rabbi Ben Ezra by Robert Browning (colour litho)
IL370473 Those to whom fools propound, illustration from Rabbi Ben Ezra by Robert Browning (colour litho) by Partridge, Bernard John (1861-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Ship of Fools, 1923
REV111337 The Ship of Fools, 1923 by Laske, Oskar (1874-1951); Osterreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria

Clown with Beret, 1942 (oil on canvas)
1767743 Clown with Beret, 1942 (oil on canvas) by Kuhn, Walt (1880-1949); 27.9x17.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Clown with Beret. Walt Kuhn (1877-1949). Oil on canvas. Painted in 1942

Seated Clown, 1929 (india ink and gouache on paper)
990924 Seated Clown, 1929 (india ink and gouache on paper) by Kuhn, Walt (1880-1949); 49.5x30.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Seated Clown. Walt Kuhn (1877-1949)

Dominique-Clown, 1947 (oil on canvasboard)
985343 Dominique-Clown, 1947 (oil on canvasboard) by Kuhn, Walt (1880-1949); 25.7x20.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Dominique-Clown. Walt Kuhn (1877-1949). Oil on canvasboard. Painted in 1947

I is for Idiot, illustration from An Alphabet, published by William Heinemann, 1898 (hand-coloured woodcut)
ELB109843 I is for Idiot, illustration from An Alphabet, published by William Heinemann, 1898 (hand-coloured woodcut) by Nicholson, William (1872-1949); Private Collection; © Desmond Banks

Two Clowns, 1940 (oil on masonite)
650750 Two Clowns, 1940 (oil on masonite) by Kuhn, Walt (1880-1949); 25.5x30.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Two Clowns. Walt Kuhn (1880-1949). Oil on masonite. Signed and dated 1940

The Clown; Der Clown, (gouache on paper)
655888 The Clown; Der Clown, (gouache on paper) by Scheiber, Hugo (1873-1950); 75x52 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Clown; Der Clown. Hugo Scheiber (1873-1950). Gouache on paper

Rosalind, Celia and Touchstone in "As You Like It"from Childrens Stories from Shakespeare by Edith Nesbit
IL100131 Rosalind, Celia and Touchstone in " As You Like It" from Childrens Stories from Shakespeare by Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) pub. by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd

Ed Hennessey, 1947 (oil on canvas laid on board)
985344 Ed Hennessey, 1947 (oil on canvas laid on board) by Kuhn, Walt (1880-1949); 29.5x20.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Ed Hennessey. Walt Kuhn (1877-1949). Oil on canvas laid on board

Clown, 1934 (oil on canvas)
650656 Clown, 1934 (oil on canvas) by Kuhn, Walt (1880-1949); 38.1x30.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Clown. Walt Kuhn (1880-1949). Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1934

Don Quixote - Fool of the play
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. The fool of the play came up frisking with his morrice bells

Don Quixote - The Fool on Sancho Panzas Donkey
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore from the story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. The Fool on Sancho Panzas Donkey

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"Foolishness knows no bounds as it dances through the realms of imagination. From whimsical cartoons to enchanting mermaids and treacherous U-Boats, the fool's journey takes unexpected turns. In the midst of WW1 chaos, Tarot Card 22 - Le Fou (The Fool) reminds us that even in darkness, laughter can be found. Step back in time to Mr Popple Drunk's misadventures in 1898, where his antics left everyone rolling with laughter. The Tarot Card Fool from the 17th century captures the essence of a jester's unpredictable nature. April Fool's Day brings out coats adorned with playful pranks in 1924, while Shakespeare's King Lear finds solace and wisdom through his loyal companion, the Fool. Alonzo Chappel beautifully illustrates their bond. Comedian Ken Dodd tickles funny bones alongside his Diddy Man Dicky Mint at Whitley Bay Playhouse on December 9th. Their comedic chemistry creates an uproar of joy among audiences. A court jester dressed in red and blue dons bells as they bravely step forward to entertain kings and queens throughout history. Their colorful presence adds mirth to solemn courts. Satirical artwork mocks medical prescriptions, reminding us not to take life too seriously. Laughter truly is the best medicine for our souls. In a wrestling scene straight out of Shakespeare's "As You Like It, " humor intertwines with drama as characters grapple both physically and mentally for amusement and triumph. Stonewall Jackson himself knew that amidst war's gravity, lighthearted moments could bring respite from battlefields soaked in sorrow. Finally, a timeless painting depicts Carnival playfully clashing with Lent – a reminder that even tradition cannot suppress foolishness entirely. "