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That outfit was typical of clowns in 1890, and often used in the opera Pagliacci about a clown. [0] <http://1890swriters.blogspot.com/2015/10/victorian-clowns-
by pulvinar 7mo ago
That outfit was typical of clowns in 1890, and often used in the opera Pagliacci about a clown.
[0] <http://1890swriters.blogspot.com/2015/10/victorian-clowns-and-clowning.html http://1890swriters.blogspot.com/2015/10/victorian-clowns-an...>
[1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagliacci https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagliacci>
- Jtsummers 7mo agoThe image you link to shows clothing in the style of what the automaton is wearing, not Gugusse. He's the man to the left of the box in the NPR image.