[James Copland, Scottish physician and medical writer, President of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society..] Autograph Signature on part of form signed as Professor (‘pro temp.’) of Surgery at University College Hospital, London.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. Slip of paper, roughly 18 x 2.5 cm, cut from form. Somewhat discoloured by the glue with which it is laid down on irregularly-cut backing card. Good firm signature ‘James Copland’, followed by the lithographed word ‘Professor.’ in gothic script, which is followed by ‘pro temp.’ in Copland’s autograph. See Image.