Benny Hill, English Comedian & Actor, an elaborate clown costume from 'A Clown In Town' (1983) comprising an oversized three-piece black & white checked suit, a white cotton shirt front with a pink sequinned bow tie, a white cotton collar with a gold velvet bow tie, a clip-on orange satin tie, a sequinned pink bow tie, a pair of yellow felt braces, two pairs of cotton gloves, two pairs of trick nylon gloves, one pair has two lengthened white gloves & the other purple pair has one short glove & one lengthened glove, a latex wig, inserted with hair at sides and back, labelled Simon Wig Studios, two yellow painted felt bowler hats, both labelled Bermans & Nathans, a pair of yellow & white oversized leather boots, joke stripper outfit, with a two-piece tunic & two black sequinned stars applied to the chest, two similar two-piece sleeves & legs, one pair of leggings, three pairs of shorts, a pair of gloves & two pairs of socks, a pair of red satin shorts, two black sequinned 'nipple stars', a seven-piece skeleton outfit made of foam-backed rubber, all worn by Benny Hill on the television series The Benny Hill Show Provenance: Purchased from Christies in 1994