Alison Oliver on Instagram: "A brief history of our love affair with Harlequin. Credits: Harlequin character in the commedia dell’arte of the 1670s depicted by artist Maurice Sand, 1860 Mrs. Hester Booth, née Santlow by John Ellys, c. 1690–1773 Harlequin by Paul Cézanne, 1888–1890 Harlequin with Violin by Juan Gris, c. 1917 For Pleasure, Travel by Underground by Gerald Mac Spink, c. 1930 Pierrot et Harlequin furnishing fabric of screen-printed rayon, designed by Pablo Picasso for Fuller Fabrics,