Signature Collection

Copy of the Death Warrant of King Charles I, c1648

WW2 poster, A tous les francais, General de Gaulle
WW2 poster, A tous les francais (To all French people), from General de Gaulle, based in Liverpool during the Second World War. France has lost a battle, but France has not lost the war

French poster from General de Gaulle, WW2
A French poster with a message to all French people from General Charles de Gaulle, based in London during the Second World War. France has lost one battle, but France has not lost the war

Mozart Cadenza
A cadenza - with Mozarts signature

German Kaiser Wilhelm II with signature
German Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941) with signature. Date: circa 1908

France, Nice, Blue Nude IV, 1952
Henri Matisse (1869-1954), Blue Nude IV, 1952

Bar Kokhba, original Dead Sea Scroll 5 / 6 Hev44, 134 CE, a deed with 4 signatures
Bar Kokhba, original Dead Sea Scroll 5/6 Hev44, 134 CE, a deed with 4 signatures

John Fitzgerald Kennedy
A commemorative postcard for the 35th President of the USA, John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Jonathan Edwards
Evangelist Jonathan Edwards, with his autograph. Digitally colored engraving

Ramon Y Cajal / Nobel 1906
SANTIAGO RAMON Y CAJAL Spanish histologist

British Boxer Freddie Mills - signed postcard from 1941
Frederick Percival ( Freddie ) Mills (1919-1965) - English boxer, and the world light heavyweight champion from 1948 to 1950

Ginger Rogers / W Way 1931
GINGER ROGERS American film actress and dancer Date: circa 1931

Handwriting and signature of Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1819 (pen & ink on paper)
KW478296 Handwriting and signature of Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1819 (pen & ink on paper) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)

BALFOUR DECLARATION, 1917. The letter written by British Foreign Secretary Arthur
BALFOUR DECLARATION, 1917

Laurence Olivier / Signed
(Sir) LAURENCE OLIVIER British actor of stage and screen

Letter of marque issued by President James Madison for the privateer ship Abaellino of Boston
LETTER OF MARQUE, 1812. Letter of marque issued by President James Madison for the privateer ship Abaellino of Boston, Massachusetts, during the War of 1812

Marriage certificate, Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip
Marriage certificate of Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor (Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II) and Philip Mountbatten (Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)

Oliver H. Perrys note proclaiming his Lake Erie victory: " We have met the enemy and they are ours." Woodcut with watercolor wash

Tughra (Insignia) of Sultan Süleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520-66), ca. 1555-60
Tughra (Insignia) of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520-66), ca. 1555-60

West Indies Cricket Team - 1957 Tour - Signatures
The West Indies Cricket Team - Tour of England 1957. Featured are the brilliant (Sir) Garfield (Gary) Sobers, Frank Worrell, Everton Weekes, (Sir) Wesley Winfield Hall and Sonny Ramadhin

France, Nice, Creole Dancer, 1950, Gouache on paper
Henri Matisse (1869-1947), Creole Dancer, 1950, gouache on paper

King George VI - Thanking British Children
A certificate from King George VI to the children of Great Britain on 8th June, 1946 - issued as a momento for sharing in the hardships and ultimate triumph during World War Two

Gladstone
William Ewart Gladstone, with his signature. Digitally colored woodcut reproduction of a 19th-century photograph

Charlotte Bronte / Author
CHARLOTTE BRONTE British author

A signed photograph of Sigmund Freud, c. 1921 (sepia photo)
985676 A signed photograph of Sigmund Freud, c.1921 (sepia photo) by Halberstadt

The Shell (Conus marmoreus), 1650, by Rembrandt (1606-1669)
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669). Dutch painter. The Shell (Conus marmoreus), 1650. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Illustration of the signature of Elizabeth I

SS Terra Nova
11th February 1913: A photgraph of the SS Terra Nova used by Captain Robert Falcon Scott on his ill-fated Antarctic expedtion to the South Pole, and signed by him

Shakespeare quotation on a greetings card (inside pages) -- Heaven give you many, many merry days (The Merry Wives of Windsor). With a colourful spray of flowers. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

King George VI
Painting by Philip de Laszlo of King George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 18951952)

George Eastman, founder of Eastman Kodak
George Eastman, inventor of the Kodak box camera, with his signature. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

President Abraham Lincoln. Hand-colored 19th-century engraving of a portrait

Dennis Brain / Photo
DENNIS BRAIN Musician: legendary French horn player

Christina Rossetti / 1866
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI English poet

Elizabeth Is Signature
A Facsimile of Queen Elizabeth Is signature on the death warrant of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex (this original published in 1807)

The Flying Saucer As I Saw It, book cover
THE FLYING SAUCER AS I SAW IT, by Kenneth Arnold, containing his own account. This copy is signed by the author

LA Boheme / Puccini / III
La BOHEME Act III: outside in the snow, Rodolfo declares that he loves Mimi more than anything else in the world Date: late 19th century

LA Boheme / Puccini / I
La BOHEME Act I: within the first few minutes of meeting, Rodolfo and Mimi declare their love for each other Date: late 19th century

Bruce Bairnsfather cartoon, No possible doubt whatever
Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon, No possible doubt whatever, published in the Bystander, 1916. Date: 1916

Bonzo with Studdy signature
Original sketch of Bonzo by George Studdy, with a personal message from the artist. Credit line must read: Estate of George Studdy/Gresham Marketing Ltd./Mary Evan"

Menuhin / Yehudi / Postcard
YEHUDI MENUHIN Violinist as a young man

AP HERBERT
English journalist and writer SIR ALAN PATRICK HERBERT (1890-1971), alias ALBERT HADDOCK

George V / The Queen 1935
GEORGE V King of Britain (1910-36)

Andrew Jackson / On Horse
Andrew Jackson 7th president of the United States

Franz Schubert, Austrian composer (litho)
5996797 Franz Schubert, Austrian composer (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Austrian composer

Letter from John Hampden to Colonel Bulstrode after the Battle of Edgehill, 31st October 1642

Signing Venezuelas independence in Caracas (5th August 1811). Replica of a fresco painting by Tovar y Tovar (1883). Engraving

Share certificate for The Yukon Goldfields
A share certificate for The Yukon Goldfields Limited, representing 35 shares. Gold deposits were first discovered along the Yukon River in Canada in 1896, and this triggered off a gold rush

Inventor Nikola Tesla, with his signature. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century portrait

John Winthrop, with his signature. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Stylised Sultans signature (tugra), Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Cromwell / Signature
The autograph of Oliver Cromwell

Jb Priestley / Photo 1930
JOHN BOYNTON (JB) PRIESTLEY English writer

William Crockford / Rs
William Crockford Club Owner

Eric Coates / K Collins Ph
ERIC COATES English composer

Catherine of Braganza
CATHERINE OF BRAGANZA Queen of Charles II Her seal and signature are also shown here

Eta Hoffmann / Own / Sig
ETW HOFFMANN also known as ETA HOFFMANN (he took the name Amadeus when composing) German Romantic writer and composer

Caruso as Pinkerton
Signed self-caricature by the opera singer Enrico Caruso : Caruso as Lieutenant Pinkerton

Social reformer Jane Addams against a photo of downtown Chicago in the 1890s. Composite of hand-colored photograph and Albertype photograph

Luisa Tetrazzini / Signed
LUISA TETRAZZINI Italian opera singer in 1909

Somerset Maugham / Cig
WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM English novelist and short story writer, in 1936

The Titanic Slip, c1910s, (1928)
The Titanic Slip, 1928. From A History of Lloyd s, by Charles Wright and C. Ernest Fayle. [Macmillan and Company Limited, London, 1928]

Membership certificate, Ancient Order of Druids, illustrated with a Druid playing a harp, with Stonehenge in the background

Sam Houston, with his autograph. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century portrait

Letter from Sir Issac Newton to William Briggs, 20th June 1682. Artist: Isaac Newton
Letter from Sir Issac Newton to William Briggs, 20th June 1682

The Kings Message to the Royal Air Force, WW1
The Kings Message to the Royal Air Force, 11 November 1918, thanking and congratulating the men and women of the RAF for their valued contribution at the end of the First World War. 1918

Valerie Hobson (1917 1998), English actress

Gene Tierney (1920 - 1991), New York socialite who became an actress on film and stage, first on stage, then in Hollywood films

The Swiss National Yodeling Champion - Franz Lotscher
The Swiss National Yodeling (also yodelling or jodeling) Champion - Master Yodeler Franz Lotscher - pictured with his array of trophies at the Hotel Sempacherhof at Sempach, Lucerne, Switzerland

British jockeys, 1934, (1935). Creator: Unknown
British jockeys, 1934, (1935). Steve Donoghue, Joe Childs, Fred Fox, and Brownie Carslake (who was Australian). Donoghue and Childs celebrated their fiftieth birthday in 1934

Official wording, Apprenticeship Indenture
Official wording of an Apprenticeship Indenture, between John Henry Watson of 3 Newland Street, Derby, and Messrs John Davis & Son (Derby) Limited

Chester A. Arthur
President Chester A. Arthur, with his autograph. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century portrait

James A. Garfield
US President James A. Garfield, with his autograph. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century portrait

Abigail Adams, with her autograph. Hand-colored engraving of a portrait

Andrew Jackson portrait and signature
President Andrew Jackson, with his autograph. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century portrait

Poet Robert Burns
Robert Burns, with his autograph. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a painting

American Declaration of Independence, 1776. Watercolor wash over a 19th century woodcut reproduction of the document

Thaddeus Kosciuszko of Poland
Polish General Tadeusz Kosciuszko with his autograph. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Foundation letter (1846) - Institution of mechanical Engineers (IMechE). Date: 1846

Sir Edward Carson signing against Irish Home Rule
Sir Edward Carson signing the Covenant resisting Irish Home Rule. 1912

MUSSOLINI / POSTCARD
BENITO MUSSOLINI at the time he became Prime Minister of Italy Date: 1883 - 1945

Footballer Peter Thompson signs for his new club Liverpool after his £37
Footballer Peter Thompson signs for his new club Liverpool after his £ 37, 000 transfer from Preston North End

Everton footballers Colin Harvey and Howard Kendall sign autographs for young fans. 24th April 1968

Lord Salisbury, British Prime Minister
Lord Salisbury (Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, 1830-1903), British Prime Minister. 1889

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"Unveiling the Power of Signatures: From Historical Figures to Treasured Artifacts" A French poster from General de Gaulle during WW2, bearing his iconic signature, serves as a symbol of resilience and national unity. The signature of German Kaiser Wilhelm II on historical documents reminds us of the turbulent times that shaped Europe in the early 20th century. Bar Kokhba's original Dead Sea Scroll with multiple signatures transports us back to ancient times, preserving a significant deed for generations to come. Jonathan Edwards' distinctive signature immortalizes the influential theologian and preacher who left an indelible mark on American history. Mozart's intricate cadenza showcases his genius as a composer, leaving behind a musical legacy that continues to captivate audiences worldwide. John Fitzgerald Kennedy's autograph represents hope and inspiration, reminding us of his transformative leadership during challenging times in America's history. British boxer Freddie Mills' signed postcard from 1941 captures a moment frozen in time, reflecting both his athletic prowess and the spirit of wartime camaraderie. Ramon Y Cajal's Nobel Prize-winning achievements are embodied by his distinguished signature, representing groundbreaking discoveries in neuroscience over a century ago. The marriage certificate between Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip bears their royal signatures—a testament to enduring love amidst regal duties and responsibilities. Bonzo with Studdy's whimsical artwork featuring his distinct signature brings joy through its playful depiction of this beloved cartoon character from yesteryears. Letter from John Hampden to Colonel Bulstrode after the Battle of Edgehill carries not only words but also Hampden’s personal touch –his unique handwriting- making it an invaluable historical artifact. King George VI expressing gratitude towards British children through heartfelt letters adorned with his majestic signature reveals compassion amidst adversity—inspiring future generations. In these diverse examples spanning history, art, and culture, signatures become more than mere ink on paper.