The figure of an antient pair of buttons [art original] : joined together by one firme solid neck ...

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Title: The figure of an antient pair of buttons [art original] : joined together by one firme solid neck ...
Alternative Title: Figure of an ancient pair of buttons
Published / Created: [1707]
Publication Place: England
Description: Title from ink inscription above image.
Signed with initials and dated in lower right corner; the artist "K. Mn." or "K Mx." is unidentified.
Mounted on page 51 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Provenance: Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 32, to Smith [London, 1268]. Lord Waldegrave, July 1948, to W.S. Lewis, in a collection.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 18.5 x 23.4 cm, mounted to page 41 x 27 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 49 3581 v.1
Collection Title: Volume 1, page 51. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Collection / Other Creator: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector.
Collection Date: [England], [ca. 1757]