5V Emmet EUROPE BIOGRAPHY Highlands Prison Diarie

Attributed to Serge Poliakoff, it does not have a COA. Medium: oil canvas. 29.5 x 25.5 inches. Provenance: provate owner from Europe. Biography: Serge Poliakoff was a Russian-born French modernist pai

P.M appears lower Left. Technique: watercolor on Paper. Measures: 17 x 13 inches. Provenance: Private collection Europe a certificate accompanies this lot. Biography: Lived between (7 March 1872 1 Feb

TAPONIER ALEXANDRE CAMILLE: (1749-1831) French General. At the Storming of the Bastille, Taponier was Sergeant and he leaded the assault to the prison. A.L.S., `Taponier´, one page, folio, Luxembourg

BOHUSZ-SZYSZKO ZYGMUNT: (1893-1982) Polish General of World War II who, in 1940, was Commanding Officer of the Polish Independent Highland Brigade during the Battle of Narvik in the Norwegian campaign

D'Invenzione, image area approx. 16" X 20 1/2" plus mat, 22" X 27" overall......Biography from the Archives of askARTPhoto of Giovanni Battista PiranesiGiovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778)He was a m

Harry Houdini heavy metal sign Sign reads "Europe's Eclipsing Sensation Houdini The World's Handcuff king Prison Breaker", "Nothing on Earth can hold Houdini A Prisoner" Measurements: 12 1/2 x 17 1/2

TWAIN MARK: (1835-1910) Samuel Langhorne Clemens. American writer and humourist. A fine, long A.L.S., Samuel, eight pages, 8vo, 'Study' [Hartford, Connecticut], n.d. ('Tuesday. P.M.', October 1880), t

DISNEY WALT: (1901-1966) American animator, Academy Award winner. An excellent, original pencil drawing signed by Walt Disney, one page, 4to, n.p. (Burbank. California), n.d. (1940s). Disney has execu

SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL: (1581-1660) French Catholic Priest. Venerated both in the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. Canonized in 1737 by Pope Clement XII. Vincent de Paul is known for his hum

SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL: (1581-1660) French Catholic Priest. Venerated both in the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. Canonized in 1737 by Pope Clement XII. Vincent de Paul is known for his hum

TESLA NIKOLA: (1856-1943) Serbian-American Inventor and Engineer. Best-known for his contributions to the design of alternating current electricity supply systems. Tesla worked for a short time at the

COCTEAU JEAN: (1889-1963) French poet, playwright, novelist, artist, filmmaker and critic. A remarkable autograph manuscript signed, Jean Cocteau, seven pages (rectos only), 4to, Paris, March 1922, in

VOLTA ALESSANDRO: (1745-1827) 'To tell the truth, the author's idea of relating electrical phenomena to chemistry is beautiful, it is great and should lead to truth, but such a conception is singularl

SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL: (1581-1660) French Catholic Priest. Venerated both in the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. Canonized in 1737 by Pope Clement XII. Vincent de Paul is known for his hum

SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL: (1581-1660) French Catholic Priest. Venerated both in the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. Canonized in 1737 by Pope Clement XII. Vincent de Paul is known for his hum

SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL: (1581-1660) French Catholic Priest. Venerated both in the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. Canonized in 1737 by Pope Clement XII. Vincent de Paul is known for his hum

Signed in two languages TOLSTOY LEO: (1828-1910) Russian Writer of the masterpieces War and Peace and Anna Karenina. An excellent vintage signed postcard photograph of Tolstoy in a head and shoulders

TWAIN MARK: (1835-1910) Samuel Langhorne Clemens. American writer and humourist. Bold pencil signature ('S. L. Clemens') to the verso of an 8vo sheet of printed stationery from the German shipping com

DUMAS ALEXANDRE Pere: (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. A rare and excellent Autograph Manuscript in the hand of Dumas, 82 pages, large 4to, n.p., n.d., being the man

HAMILTON EMMA (1765-1815) Lady Hamilton. English Mistress of Lord Nelson and wife of Sir William Hamilton. A very fine A.L.S., Emma Hamilton, (an excellent example of her signature), three pages, 4to,

STEINER RUDOLF: (1861-1925) Austrian Philosopher, Founder of Antroposophy. Steiner was also a literary Critic, Architect, and a claimed Clairvoyant. Rare A.L.S., `Steiner´, one page, to a German po

GANDHI MAHATMA: (1869-1948) Indian Political and Spiritual Leader during the Indian Independence Movement. L.S., M K Gandhi, with one holograph correction, on a blank postcard, The Ashram, Sabarmati,

XIAOPING DENG: (1904-1997) Also known as Xixian. Chinese Politician and Revolutionary. Leader of the People´s Republic of China 1978-89. Xiaoping is considered the architect of the policies that op

VOLTAIRE: (1694-1778) François-Marie Arouet. French Enlightenment Writer and Philosopher. Very rare A.L.S., `Votre tres humble et tres obeissant serviteur Voltaire´, two pages, 4to, Prangins Castle,