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  • Indian workmen mixing and balling opium in a courtyard in Calcutta. Process print after a photograph by Bourne & Shepherd, c. 1900.
  • Jammadar, or head servant-in-waiting to either Europeans or Indians, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, ca. 1808-1812.
  • The Albert Victor asylum for lepers, Gohea, Calcutta, India: female patients in white saris on the steps of the female block. Photograph, 1900/1920.
  • The Albert Victor asylum for lepers, Gohea, Calcutta, India: male patients in white robes on the steps of the male block. Photograph, 1900/1920.
  • Brahman priest with a musical shell and a bell, being used at a religious ceremony, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • Musician playing a jultrung, an instrument composed of china cups that are struck with sticks, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • Musician playing the dump, a drum which is held vertically and struck with the fingers, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • Man striking a causer, or gong, used at certain times by the servants of priests, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • Calcutta, West Bengal: a man about to scatter material from a bowl on a dead body lying on a funeral pyre, watched by women. Photograph.
  • Musician with instrument made from pumpkin shells joined by a wire and played with a bow, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • Man holding percussion instruments made of hollow brass rings, containing small balls, played with the hands, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • House-seller for Europeans returning from market with an attendant carrying his purchases, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, ca. 1808-1812.
  • A painted diploma of honour presented to Dr. Robinson Sahib Bahadur, by Sardar Nizam-ul-Mulk, Governor General of Calcutta. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • Fort William, Calcutta, India: a military parade to celebrate the presentation of the new colours to the 1st Battalion of the King's Own Regiment. Photograph, 1906.
  • Musician with a percussion instrument made of two drums of different sizes joined together, and played with a drumstick, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • Prinsep Ghat, Calcutta, India: the Prince and Princess of Wales (later King George V and Queen Mary) seated beneath a canopy, behind a crowd of onlookers. Photograph, 1906.
  • Calcutta, India: King George V and Queen Mary (then the Prince and Princess of Wales), watching entertainment given in their honour at the pandal (function hall). Photograph, 1906.
  • Musician with a d'hauk, a large drum carried over the shoulder and decorated with feathers, played at marriages and religious occasions, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • A musician with a d'hole, a drum played at one end with a stick, and at the other with the hand, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • The Maidan park, Calcutta, India: traditional Sikkim Devil dancers performing for King George V and Queen Mary (then the Prince and Princess of Wales) on their visit in 1906. Photograph, 1906.
  • Calcutta, India: King George V and Queen Mary (then the Prince and Princess of Wales), (seated in the background), with musicians and spectators, watching entertainment given in their honour at the pandal (function hall). Photograph, 1906.
  • An embassy of the Nawab of Oudh (Awadh), led by his minister Haider Beg Khan, passing Patna on its way to Lord Cornwallis, the new Governor-General of India, in Calcutta in 1786. Mezzotint by R. Earlom, 1800, after J. Zoffany, 1796.
  • Souvenir : The Indian Empire being a brief description of the chief features of India and its medical and sanitary problems.
  • Souvenir : The Indian Empire being a brief description of the chief features of India and its medical and sanitary problems.
  • Photographic portrait of T.E. Lewis seated in an arm chair.
  • Transactions of the Seventh Congress held in British India, December 1927 / Far Eastern Association of Tropical Medicine ; edited by J. Cunningham.
  • The Indian medical gazette.
  • Simon Nicolson. Lithograph by C. Grant, 1838.
  • The Indian medical gazette.
  • The Indian medical gazette.