Buchinger, Matthias | Written by Buchinger for Mrs. Hannah King

Buchinger, Matthias

Fine autograph calligraphy exemplar signed ("Matthew Buchinger")

One page (79 x 133 mm) on a slip cut from a leaf of paper, London, 15 February 1731, variously demonstrating frontward, backward, upside-down, and mirror writing; soiled, mounting remnants on verso.

Buchinger inscribed this sample of his calligraphic penmanship for Mrs. Hannah King of London: "This was written by Matthew Buchinger born Without Hands or Feet 1674 in Germany."