Joseph Grimaldi (the original Joey the Clown!) in Harlequin Padmanada, or the Golden Fish, a pantomime produced at Covent Garden at Christmas 1811. The frog, played by an actor in a frogskin, later appeared in an opera hat & other then-fashionable accessories.
Leapfrogging forward in time...
via Pierrot, another character makes an appearance:
(Original Line drawing by Marcel Marceau)
[For sale, contact]
as 'BIP'
son coeur en silence...
Now, as you stroll nonchalantly along the boulevard, under the lamplight, someone much noisier is about to waylay you....
