Certificates of authenticity.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Certificates attesting that a thing or things are of the location of origin, provenance, creator, date, or materials which are claimed; signatures of officials or official seals are often included on the certificate to verify the claim. Examples include certificates of authenticity for art works, artifacts, memorabilia, collectibles, and software.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Copy of a letter of Alexander Pope, the poet, to the Reverend Alexander Pope, Minister of Reay, with copy of certificate of its authenticity by Joseph Gordon, Writer to the Signet., 1738.
File
Identifier: MS.3581, folios 14-15
Dates:
1738.
Land Grant Certificate for the Poyaisian Republic.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14075
Content Description
Grant of 200 acres signed by Gregor MacGregor as part of the Mosquito Coast hoax.
Dates:
1834
Photostat of 'The wills of John Armstrong, poet, essayist and doctor of physic', 1779, and of Patrick Murdoch, Doctor of Divinity, rector of Stradishall and vicar of Great Thurlow, Suffolk, mathematician and geographer, 1773., 1773, 1779.
File
Identifier: MS.8494, folios 210-215
Scope and Contents
A certificate, authenticating the will of Patrick Murdoch is also included.
Dates:
1773, 1779.