Signature Collection (page 12)

Sir Joseph Wilson Swan, scientist and inventor, c1900. Swan invented the incandescent electric lamp in Britain at about the same time as Thomas Edison patented it in the USA

Robert Bunsen, German chemist, 1850s. Artist: C Cook
Robert Bunsen, German chemist, 1850s. Signed portrait; Bunsen (1811-1899) is widely considered one of the greatest experimental chemists of the 19th century

Polina Strepetova, Russian actress, c1887. Artist: Charles Bergamasco
Polina Strepetova, Russian actress, c1887. Found in the collection of the State Museum of History, Moscow

William Carr Beresford, Viscount Beresford, British soldier. Artist: Peltro William Tomkins
William Carr Beresford, Viscount Beresford, British soldier. Beresford (1768-1854) defeated the French under Marshal Soult at the Battle of Albuera, in the Peninsular War, 1811

Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, French soldier and statesman. Created Marshal of France by Napoleon in 1804, Soult (1769-1851)

Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, French soldier and statesman, c1830. Artist: Delpech
Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, French soldier and statesman, c1830. Created Marshal of France by Napoleon in 1804, Soult (1769-1851)

Andre Massena, French soldier, c1820. Artist: Delpech
Andre Massena, French soldier, c1820. Regarded as one of Napoleons greatest generals, Massena (1758-1817) first distinguished himself in the revolutionary wars

Michael Arlen (1895-1956), British writer and novelist of Armenian extraction, 1937. Arlen, whose real name was Dikran Kuyumjian, was born in Bulgaria to Armenian parents

Eugene, Prince of Savoy, French-born Austrian soldier, c1820. Artist: Delpech
Eugene, Prince of Savoy, French-born Austrian soldier, c1820. Regarded as one of the outstanding military strategists of his time

Robert Schumann, German composer, mid-19th century. Artist: Jean Joseph Bonaventure Laurens
Robert Schumann, German composer, mid-19th century. Portrait of Schumann (1810-1856) with a dedication from the composer together with a theme in manuscript

E (Edward) Phillips Oppenheim, English novelist, 1937. Oppenheim (1866-1946), specialised in stories of espionage and international intrigue. Cigarette card from the Famous British Authors series

Signature of Queen Elizabeth I, 1558-1603. Artist: Queen Elizabeth I
Signature of Queen Elizabeth I, 1558-1603. The last Tudor monarch, Elizabeth I (1533-1603) ruled from 1558 until 1603

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, c1838. Artist: J Cochran
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, c1838. Victoria (1819-1901) became Queen in 1837 and Empress of India in 1877

Victoria Mary Louisa, Duchess of Kent, 1832. Artist: J Cochran
Victoria Mary Louisa, Duchess of Kent, 1832. Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg (1786-1861) married Edward, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of King George III in 1818

Ulyssess Grant, American soldier and statesman, late 19th century. Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885) commanded the Union (northern) army in the American Civil War from March 1864

Don Carlos Buell, American soldier. Buell (1818-1898) was a general in the Union (northern) army in the American Civil War

Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, American soldier, 1863. Beauregard (1813-1893) served as a general in the Confederate army in the American Civil War

Josephine, Empress of France, c1830. Artist: Delpech
Josephine, Empress of France, c1830. Josephine (1763-1814) married Napoleon Bonaparte in 1798 and was crowned Empress of France in 1804

Jean Victor Moreau, French Revolutionary soldier. Artist: Delpech
Jean Victor Moreau, French Revolutionary soldier. Moreau (1761-1813) supported Napoleons coup d etat in 1799 and was subsequently given command of the Army of the Rhine

Napoleon Bonaparte as a young man, c 1790s, (c1830). Artist: Delpech
Napoleon Bonaparte as a young man, c 1790s, (c1830). Napoleon (1721-1818) enjoyed a meteoric rise through the ranks of the French Revolutionary army

Certificate of communion, 19th century

Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool, British statesman, 1830. Artist: William Thomas Fry
Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool, British statesman. Lord Liverpool (1770-1828) served as Prime Minister for nearly 15 years from 1812

(Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953), French-born British poet, writer and polemicist, 1927. A Roman Catholic, Belloc was a follower of Cardinal Newman

William Edward Ayrton (1847-1908), British physicist, electrical engineer and inventor, 1892. Ayrton studied under Lord Kelvin at Glasgow

Pierre Francois Charles Augereau, Duke of Castiglione (1757-1816), French soldier. Augereau, shown in military uniform wearing orders and decorations, served during the Napoleonic Wars

Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch (1748-1843), British soldier, 1831. Artist: Henry Meyer
Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch (1748-1843), British soldier, 1831. Graham fought in the Peninsular War (1808-1814) and was aide-de-camp to General Sir John Moore at the evacuation of Moores army

George Murray (1772-1846), Scottish general and statesman, 1831. Artist: Henry Meyer
George Murray (1772-1846), Scottish general and statesman, 1831. After a distinguished military career in the Napoleonic Wars, Murray was appointed Lieutenant-General of Upper Canada in 1815

Joseph Bonaparte (1768-1844) c1830. Artist: Delpech
Joseph Bonaparte (1768-1844) c1830. Joseph Bonaparte was the brother of Napoleon I, Emperor of France. After a career as a lawyer, diplomat and soldier

John Alcock (1892-1919), British aviator, 1914. Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown made the first non-stop transatlantic flight on 14 June 1919, for which they shared a £ 10

Adelaide of Saxe-Coburg Meiningen (1792-1849), German-born Queen-consort of William IV, 1849
Adelaide of Saxe-Coburg Meiningen (1792-1849), German-born Queen-consort of William IV of Great Britain (1830-37). Engraving of Adelaide as a widow published 1849

Adelaide of Saxe-Coburg Meiningen, German-born Queen-consort of William IV, 1832
Adelaide of Saxe-Coburg Meiningen (1792-1849), German-born Queen-consort of William IV of Great Britain (1830-1837), 1832

John Abernethy (1764-1831), English surgeon and physiologist, 1842. Abernethy was a pupil of the prominent surgeon John Hunter

William Somerset Maugham, British author of novels, plays and short stories, 1927. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) qualified as a physician at St Thomass Hospital, London, in 1897

H. G. Wells, English author and popular historian, 1927
H. G. Wells (1866-1946.), English author and popular historian, 1927

JB Priestley, British novelist, playwright, essayist and broadcaster, c1927. Joseph Boynton Priestley (1894-1984) was born in Bradford in Yorkshire and educated at Cambridge

Arthur Quiller-Couch, English poet, novelist, anthologist and critic, c1927. Quiller-Couch (1863-1944) was born at Fowey, Cornwall

Dr Johnson, 18th century English man of letters. A critic, lexicographer, essayist, biographer and poet, Dr Johnson (1709-1784) was one of the oustanding personalities of 18th century Britain

Lord Shaftesbury, English statesman, moral philosopher, philanthropist and factory reformer, c1880
Earl of Shaftesbury, English statesman, moral philosopher, philanthropist and factory reformer, c1880. Anthony Ashley Cooper

Henry James, American novelist, late 19th-early 20th century. Although born in the USA, Henry James (1843-1916) travelled extensively to Europe and lived primarily in England from 1876 onwards

Gustave Flaubert, French novelist, 19th century. Flaubert (1821-1880) is best known for his first novel, Madame Bovary, published in 1857

Joseph Wilson Swan, c1880
Joseph Wilson Swan, English chemist and physicist, c1880. Swan (1828-1914), pioneer of electric lighting and inventor of bromide photographic paper

Signature of JM Barrie (1860-1937), Scottish playwright and novelist. Artist: JM Barrie
Signature of JM Barrie (1860-1937), Scottish playwright and novelist. Peter Pan, The Admirable Crichton and Quality Street are among his best known works

Paul Jean Francois Nicolas, Comte de Barras (1755-1829), French revolutionary. A soldier, Barras advanced in revolutionary France to become one of the five Directors who controlled the government of

Honore de Balzac (1799-1850), French novelist and literary critic. Balzac qualified as a lawyer, but abandoned the legal profession for literature

Photograph signed by American golfer Walter Hagen, 1929. The inscription beneath the picture reads; Pleasant memories of my 4th win - British Open, Muirfield 1929. Golfingly, Walter Hagen

Signed photograph of Tom Morris, British, 1901
Signed photograph of Tom Morris (Senior), British, 1901. Photograph depicts him on the old course at St Andrews

Artists signature, Sibelius Monument, Sibelius Park, Helsinki, Finland, 2011 Artist: Sheldon Marshall
Artists signature, Sibelius Monument, Sibelius Park, Helsinki, Finland, 2011. Made from stainless steel, this monument to Jean Sibelius (1865-1957), Finlands greatest composer, was unveiled in 1967

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