Collection consists of one album containing 529 autographs from leading 19th century figures, chiefly British, roughly separated into the sections of political figures, musicians, literary figures, visual artists, religious figures, performing artists, legal professionals, medical professionals, scientists, and philanthropists. List of contents at end of album.
Sans titreSignature of statesman Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, KG, GCVO, PC, previously known as Lord Robert Cecil and subsequently as Viscount Cranborne.
Signature of statesman Samuel Plimsoll, known as the sailor's friend.
Signature of statesman Henry Fawcett.
Handwritten note on stationery signed by statesman Joseph Chamberlain.
Handwritten note signed by orator and statesman John Bright.
Handwritten note on stationery with embossed address Speaker, House of Commons, [London], signed by Speaker, House of Commons Henry Bouverie William Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden, GCB, PC.
Signature of politician Charles Bradlaugh.
Handwritten letter signed by man of letters John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, PC, FRS, known as Sir John Lubbock, 4th Bt.