Buttons Collection (page 15)

Costume / Men / Swiss / 14C
A middle-class Swiss gentleman in white winter coat and pointed-toed orange shoes

Chinese Kolinsky Mantlet
A mantlet in chinese Kolinsky fur with a high stand collar, 2 large buttons & long fringing hanging from the sleeves to create the effect of a cape from the back. Date: 1922

Michiel Ruyter / Admiral
Michiel Adriaanzoon De Ruyter Dutch Admiral

Edward Jenner / Scriven
EDWARD JENNER Physician and pioneer of vaccination

Thomas Jefferson / Ridley
THOMAS JEFFERSON Third President of the USA (1801 - 1809)

Samuel Johnson / Finden
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON English writer, lexicographer, critic and conversationalist

Thomas Hobbes / Clark
THOMAS HOBBES English philosopher at the age of 76

Thomas Masterman Hardy
SIR THOMAS MASTERMAN HARDY Naval officer and friend of Horatio Nelson

John Fletcher / Freeman
JOHN FLETCHER English dramatist

Captain Cook / Darton
JAMES COOK Explorer

Captain Cook / Scriven
JAMES COOK Explorer

Chaucer / Thomson
GEOFFREY CHAUCER English poet, writer of The Canterbury Tales

James Brindley / Conde
JAMES BRINDLEY English canal engineer

Button Maker 1827
Making metal buttons using a pulley with a weight which is released to stamp the buttons before they are shanked with a solder and polished by women

Ricciarelli / Larmessin
DANIELE RICCIARELLI DA VOLTERRA Italian painter and sculptor

Pippi Gianuzzi / Romano
GIULIO ROMANO PIETRO DI FILIPPO DE GIANUZZI Italian painter and architect

A Palladio / Bigleoschi
ANDREA PALLADIO Italian architect

Girl with Gloves & Hoop
A young girl ready to bowl her hoop, wrapped up warm in gloves and a very chic hat

Robert E Lee / Langez?
ROBERT EDWARD LEE American Confederate general as a young soldier

Robert E Lee / Anon / Sword
ROBERT EDWARD LEE American Confederate general

Philip Iv / Spain / Miniatur
PHILIP IV, KING OF SPAIN reigned 1621-1665 Tried to reform Spain, but was unsuccessful

Carlos I / Portugal / Postcd
CARLOS I, KING OF PORTUGAL Reigned 1889-1908 (he was assassinated)

Philip Hermon / Grave Eng
PHILIP HERMON Quaker, preaching

Princess Victoria / Pcard
PRINCESS VICTORIA Daughter of Edward VII in outdoor clothes

Connaught / Arthur / Davidso
ARTHUR DUKE OF CONNAUGHT 3rd son of Victoria

John Harington / Thurston
SIR JOHN HARINGTON English courtier and writer; inventor of the flush toilet

Urbain Grandier / Grasset
URBAIN GRANDIER Priest of Loudun, victim of injustice

Cf Gellert / Miniature
Christian Furchtegott Gellert German Poet

Philippe Desportes / Larme
Philippe Desportes French Poet

Hilarion Daza / Iea 1878
HILARION DAZA Bolivian general and provisional President

Edmund Burke / Reynolds
EDMUND BURKE statesman

Hieronymus Bosch / Larmess
HIERONYMUS BOSCH Dutch painter Date: 1460 - 1518

B Franklin / Furry Hat
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN American statesman, scientist and philosopher

Pearly King / Buttons
A pearly King looks at pearly buttons with two shop assistants

John Smeaton / Woodman
JOHN SMEATON English civil engineer

Walking Dress 1807
White sleeveless pelisse with a split over cape that narrows to a point front & back. A long sleeve with a row of buttons is visible. Plus: gloves, parasol & hat

Satirical Fashions 1844
Albert Smiths gents: loud cravats, huge tie pins, pinched waists, boys in kilts, plaid trousers, bizarre top hats, hunting pinks, sac coat with large buttons

Pink & Black Dress 1878
Pink princess dress: jacket bodice ornamented with black embroidery, cuffs & hem bordered in black with buttons. A black vandyked band applied to the skirt

Fashions / Toudouze 1875
Jacket bodices with stand-up collars in grey & black - front buttoning & with pocket flaps or sleeveless in brown with a pink plaid under-dress & elaborate trained skirt

Zouave Jacket 1864
Red & black zouave jacket, white dress, skirt trimmed with a wide ruched border. Green dress ornamented with black straps held in place with buttons. Child: mantle

Dress with Buttons 1846
Dress with a plain skirt that buttons up the centre, jacket / caraco corsage buttoned high to the neck, tight sleeves, frill at neck & cuffs, green parasol

Sir George Cockburn
SIR GEORGE COCKBURN British naval officer. Commanded forces in War of 1812 during capture of Washington, D.C (1814)

Carlo Goldoni / Piazzetta
CARLO GOLDONI Italian playwright, who created modern Italian comedy in the style of Moliere

Carlo Goldoni / Hunt Clark
CARLO GOLDONI Italian playwright, who created modern Italian comedy in the style of Moliere

Carlo Goldoni / Fedi
CARLO GOLDONI Italian playwright, who created modern Italian comedy in the style of Moliere

Garrick / Essex / Miniature
DAVID GARRICK English actor, famous for his Shakespearean roles

Lord Nelson / Young Boy
HORATIO, LORD NELSON English naval officer as a young boy

Lord Darnley / Robinson
HENRY STEWART, LORD DARNLEY Cousin and second of the three husbands of Mary Queen of Scots (m1565); father of James I of England

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