A glum Frenchman: he has plenty of 'buttons' (French boutons, i.e. moles, nodules or naevi) on his face, but lacks them on his trousers. Coloured pen and ink drawing by Tirvert.

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view A glum Frenchman: he has plenty of 'buttons' (French boutons, i.e. moles, nodules or naevi) on his face, but lacks them on his trousers. Coloured pen and ink drawing by Tirvert.

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A glum Frenchman: he has plenty of 'buttons' (French boutons, i.e. moles, nodules or naevi) on his face, but lacks them on his trousers. Coloured pen and ink drawing by Tirvert. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The lack of buttons on his trousers prevents him from attending the wedding of his friend Paul

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1 drawing : pen and ink, with blue crayon

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Boutons mal placés. Dire que je ne peux pas aller à la noce de mon ami Paul, parce que je manque des boutons à mon pantalon Bears number under signature : 8264

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Wellcome Collection 17259i

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The signature 'Tirvert' has two capital R's, unlike the signature of Eugène Tivert (1881-1948) reproduced in E. Bénézit's dictionary of artists, but no other artist called Tirvert to whom tihs drawing could be attributed has been identified

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