Item is an electro-steel engraving of Jefferson Davis as he appeared in 1860, two years before he bacame President of the Confederate States. Includes replicated signature. Born 1808- died 1889.
Item is an electro-steel engraving by Edward Scriven of Sir Humphrey Davy, from a painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence. Published in London by Charles Knight.
Item is a half-tone print of Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres, the first Lieutenant Governor of Cape Breton, and Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island, born 1721- died 1824.
Item is a coloured engraving engraved by H. Robinson from a painting by Sir William C. Rofs R.A. of the Baroness le Despencer, possibly Margery Margaret Wentworth (Despencer) 3rd Baroness Depencer, born 1397 and died 1478, daughter and heiress of Sir Philip le Depenser, 1st Baron le Depenser, a British noble and knight.
Item is an electro-steel engraving engraved by J. Posselwhite from an original picture in the Royal Observatory Greenwhich of John Dollon, 1706-1761, the father of Peter Dollond who he helped run a successful optometrics business. He patented the achromatic doublet and was the first to be able to create refraction without color using a series of glasses.