Grinning Collection

Charles Darwin, English naturalist, 1871. Darwin (1809-1882) was employed as naturalist on HMS Beagle from 1831-1836. He first made his name as a geologist

Alice and the Cheshire Cat, c1910. Artist: John Tenniel
Alice and the Cheshire Cat, c1910. From Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll. [W. Butcher & Sons, London, c1910]

Mr. W.B. Knapp, portrait photograph, 1918 Oct. 30. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Mr. W.B. Knapp, portrait photograph, 1918 Oct. 30

Two Caricatures, between c1760 and c1770. Creator: Unknown
Two Caricatures, between c1760 and c1770

Portrait of Frankie Laine and Vic Damone, New York, N.Y. 1946. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb
Portrait of Frankie Laine and Vic Damone, New York, N.Y. 1946

'Ugly, but Honest" a photographic study from Life in Rajputana, Northern India, 1891. Creator: Unknown
'Ugly, but Honest" a photographic study from Life in Rajputana, Northern India, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Person wearing a mask made by W.T. Benda, 1925 Sept. 20. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Person wearing a mask made by W.T. Benda, 1925 Sept. 20

Person wearing a mask made by W.T. Benda, 1925 Sept. 20. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Person wearing a mask made by W.T. Benda, 1925 Sept. 20

Gwynplaine. The man who laughs, c1886. Creator: Georges Antoine Rochegrosse
Gwynplaine. The man who laughs, c1886

Smiling Figurine, c. 1000-300 B. C. Creator: Unknown
Smiling Figurine, c. 1000-300 B.C

Cooper and Conrad on deck, 1965. Creator: NASA
Cooper and Conrad on deck, 1965. American astronauts L. Gordon Cooper Jr. (right) and Charles Conrad Jr. on board recovery aircraft carrier U.S.S

Corbel with Animal Mask Sprouting Leaves from the Monastery Church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Grande-Sauve, 1150/1200

Corbel with Two Animal Masks from the Monastery Church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Grande-Sauve, 1150/1200

Toy Bank: Negro Boy Head, c. 1939. Creator: Walter Hochstrasser
Toy Bank: Negro Boy Head, c. 1939

Tommy Trinder, English stage, screen and radio comedian, 20th century. Trinder apperared in several films from the late 1930s onwards

Battista, costume design for a comedy by Carol Goldoni, 1917. Artist: Leon Bakst
Battista, costume design for a comedy by Carol Goldoni, 1917. From the Evergreen House Foundation, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Wooden bridle ornament, Head of Tiger from Altai, 5th century BC-4th century BC. At the Hermitage Museum, Leningrad

Simpleton, 1819-1823. Artist: Francisco Goya
Simpleton, 1819-1823. Plate 4 of Proverbs, published in 1864. The series also known as disparates (absurdities) or suenos (dreams) is seen as symbolic of the absurdity of the human condition

A Question of Detail, 1913. Artist: Leonard Raven-Hill
A Question of Detail, 1913. Sir Edward Grey (lst Viscount Grey of Fallodon), British Foreign Secretary 1905-1916 warns a grinning figure representing the Ottoman Turks they must leave the city of

Carthaginian grinning mask, 6th century
Carthaginian grinning mask made of baked clay, now in the Bardo Museum in Tunis, 6th century

A Grinning Match, February 1, 1803. February 1, 1803. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
A Grinning Match, February 1, 1803

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