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  • Vishnu resting on the ocean accompanied by Lakshmi, Tumbara, Hanuman, Narada, Garuda and Brahma sitting on a lotus. Chromolithograph.
  • Grace Darling rowing out to sea in a furious storm. Colour wood engraving by E. Evans after C.J. Staniland.
  • The Baths, Gravesend, Kent: public beach. Line engraving by H. Adlard, 1828, after G. Shepherd.
  • General Sea Bathing Infirmary, Margate, Kent: with floor plans and key. Line engraving by Darton & Harvey.
  • A sailor surviving in a large empty box of James Morison's pills, after being shipwrecked. Coloured lithograph.
  • Fisher-folk and their methods of working close to the shore. Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Aeolus, at the request of Juno, opens a door in a mountainside, releasing the winds that will wreck the fleet of Aeneas; representing the element air. Engraving by C. Dupuis, 1718, after Louis de Boullogne the younger.
  • A child being rescued from a shipwreck, two women are in the sea about to be rescued by a boat. Stipple engraving by A. Roffe after F.R. Roffe after W. Wyon.
  • Women bathing in the sea near their bathing machines. Wood engraving by J. Leech.
  • New Spa buildings, Scarborough, Yorkshire: panoramic bird's eye view. Photolithograph, 1880, after Verity & Hunt.
  • Crimean War, Ukraine: patients convalescing on the beach at Castle Hospital, Balaklava. Wood engraving.
  • Southport, Lancashire: sheet of sketches showing various sights. Wood engraving, 1872.
  • General Sea-Bathing Infirmary, Margate, Kent. Line engraving by R. Ashby after W. Pickett.
  • Ezekiel has a vision of angels and spheres with eyes coasting along the thunderstruck sea. Etching by R. Pranker, 176-, after B. Picart.
  • Martha Gunn, a Brighton bather holding a small child that she has just saved from drowning. Coloured engraving by W. Nutter, 1797, after J. Russell.
  • Margate Pier, Margate, Kent, England: ships and boats in the harbour. Steel engraving by J. Newman.
  • Neptune and Amphitrite sit on a scallop shell chariot amidst the waves, surrounded by nereids and tritons; representing the element water. Engraving by L. Desplaces, 1718, after Louis de Boullogne the younger.
  • Ornamented borders of Tartary oak (Quercus McCormickii), anchors and a polar bear round circular images of the Antarctic Ocean with penguin and boat. Pencil drawing by E. Wilson?, c.1844.
  • Galatea riding a scallop shell chariot over the seas accompanied by Neptune, nymphs and cherubs, symbolising the element water. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1796, after F. Albani.
  • Geography: monsoons at sea, with rain. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
  • Fisher-folk and their equipment. Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Two men at sea in a fishing boat: one leans over the side, feeling seasick. Reproduction of a nineteenth century engraving.
  • Vishnu reclining on the ocean with Brahma springing from a lotus growing from Vishnu's navel with attendants. Coloured transfer lithograph.
  • The holy Cow personified as World Mother with many Sanskrit verses. Chromolithograph.
  • Fisher-folk and their methods of catching oysters. Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Peter walks on water towards Christ. Etching.
  • Two women rescuing a man from the sea off the coast of Swansea. Wood engraving by W.H., 1883, after T.R.
  • Judaic rituals and ritual artifacts from the Old Testament. Engraving.
  • Virgil and A. Pollio deep in conversation above a bustling town and harbour, Saloninius (Pollio's infant son) lies in a cradle at their feet. Woodcut after Virgil.
  • Crimean War: panoramic view of the English Hospital at Abydos. Wood engraving, 1855.