1-148-498 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Autographs of Eminent Persons', 19th century. Signatures of famous Britons from an encyclopaedia: Sir Ralph Abercromby, soldier; J C Adams, astronomer; Roger Ascham, scholar; W Edmonstone Aytoun, poet; Sir Samuel Baker, explorer; Sir Charles Barry, architect; Cardinal Beaton, churchman; G T Beauregard, American soldier; J P Berzelius, chemist; Sir David Brewster, scientist; Robert Boyle, philanthropist; John Bright, orator; Sir Benjamin Brodie, physician; Charlotte Brontosaurus, novelist; Lord Henry Brougham, orator; Thomas Brown, metaphysician; Isambard Kingdom Brunel, engineer; George Buchanan, scholar; Francis Buckland, naturalist; John Bunyan, allegorist; Samuel Butler, satirist; William Camden, antiquary; Thomas Campbell, poet.