The 79th Annual Grimaldi Clown Service is taking place at All Saints Church, an eccentric gathering of performers in honour of the "King of Clowns", Joseph Grimaldi. Related.

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, The Triumph of Pulcinella, 1760-1770. Statens Museum for Kunst. In the 18th century, with the rise of the modern circus and pantomime, the mischievous clown became popular.

Clowns have taken over a church in London sporting red noses and spotty garments for the Annual Grimaldi Memorial Service.. The pews at All Saints Church in Haggerston, Hackney, were full of ...

People sporting red noses and spotty garments have lined church pews as the Annual Grimaldi Clown Service returned. Now in its 78th year, the event sees people pay their respects to Joseph Grimaldi, ...

People sporting red noses and spotty garments have lined church pews as the Annual Grimaldi Clown Service returned. Now in its 78th year, the event sees people pay their respects to Joseph ...

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Now in its 78th year, the event sees people pay their respects to Joseph Grimaldi, who popularised the role of clowns in British pantomimes, as well as their slapstick humour and striking make-up.

People sporting red noses and spotty garments have lined church pews as the Annual Grimaldi Clown Service returned. Now in its 78th year, the event sees people pay their respects to Joseph ...

People sporting red noses and spotty garments have lined church pews as the Annual Grimaldi Clown Service returned. Now in its 78th year, the event sees people pay their respects to Joseph Grimaldi, ...

Joseph "Joey" Grimaldi, born in 1778, first appeared as a clown in 1800. According to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Grimaldi's clown was "exuberant, mischievous, larcenous, and ...