Jester (page 6)

The Pied Piper and the Children Arthur Rackham

Of impacient folys that wyll nat abyde correccion (after) German School

Of them that correct other and yet them selfe do nought and synne worse than they whom they so correct (after) German School

Of the vyce of unkyndnes and folys that it folowe (after) German School

Of the way of felycyte and godnes, and of the payne to come unto sinners (after) German School

Of folys that despyse God (after) German School

Minstrels and Jugglers at Court, 1882 Anonymous

Of hym that nought can and nought wyll lerne, and seyth moche, lytell berynge away, I mene nat theuys (after) German School

Of great wrathe, procedynge of small occasyon (after) German School

Of bostynge or hauynge confydence in fortune German School

Leaving the Masqued Ball Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta

Of them that dyspyse euerlastynge ioye, and settyth thynges transytory before thynges eternall and euerlastynge (after) German School

Carnival in Rome (Detail), c. 1650 Johannes Lingelbach

La Maison Du Rire Poster Caro

Of to moche spekynge or bablynge (after) German School

The Unruly Classroom Matthys Naiveu

Of folys oppressyd with theyr owne foly from an edition published in 1874

A Troop of Actors Performing Before a Crowd Matthys Naiveu

The Wits, or, Sport upon Sport, 1662 English School

An appropriate emblem for the triumphal arch of the new (Buckingham) palace ..., London SW Fores

The Clown; Le Pierrot, 1922 Roger de La Fresnaye

King Lear and the Fool William Holmes Sullivan

Of hym that fyndeth ought of another mannys it nat restorynge to the owner (after) German School

Raffaello Menicucci Claude Mellan

Illustration for War of Petrushka and Stepka-Rastrepka by Evgeni Schwartz, 1925 Alexei Alexandrovich Radakov

A dwarf known as 'El Primo' after Diego Velázquez, 1778 Francisco Goya

Masked Ball Anonymous

The Royal Nursery, 1538 Marcus Stone

Ice castle built for Empress Anna Ioannovna during the Month of January of the Year 1740 Anonymous

Ice castle built for Empress Anna Ioannovna during the Month of January of the Year 1740 Anonymous

Theatre de l'Opera Poster Henri Gray

Pierrot, 1886 Leon Francois Comerre

Poster for Magasin Aux Buttes Chaumont Jules Chéret

Masked Ball Charles Hermans

Harlequins, 1913 Konstantin Andreyevich Somov

Dangers of wealth Hadrianus Junius