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Signature of Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud

Freud's handwritten autograph signature, useful for recognizing his handwriting on letters and documents.

This is Freud's own signature, useful for identifying his authentic handwritten documents.

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Black handwritten signature on a white background, reading 'Sigm. Freud' in a flowing cursive script, slanted upward from left to right.
Signature of Sigmund Freud.

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This image shows the handwritten signature of Sigmund Freud, reading 'Sigm. Freud' in flowing cursive script.

Why it matters

A signature like this helps identify Freud's authentic handwritten documents, letters and manuscripts. Comparing signatures across documents is one way historians check whether a source is genuinely by the person it claims to be from.

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Title page of the German book Die Traumdeutung by Dr. Sigm. Freud, printed in Leipzig und Wien by Franz Deuticke, dated 1900. Includes a Latin epigraph in italics: Flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo.Book

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Open book showing a title page on the right, with a boxed German title: 'Das Unbehagen in der Kultur, von Sigm. Freud, 1.-12. Tausend, 1930, Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag, Wien'. The left page is blank.Book

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