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  • Two homeless orphans (a girl and a young woman) singing ballads to a family. Engraving by J. Romney after W. Gill.
  • Two young women gathering reeds by the edge of some water, watching, and being watched by, two deer. Engraving by F. Bracquemond after Gustave Jundt.
  • Shwe-Maong, a man in Burma whose head and face are covered with hair. Aquatint by J.H. Clark after W.E. Reid.
  • Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau: workers preparing cakes from manioc root, within a decorative border. Engraving, c. 1777.
  • Music being played to a lady, while above an angel blows a trumpet into Jerome's ear; representing the sense of hearing. Engraving after G. Collaert, 1630, after N. van der Horst.
  • Music being played to a lady, while above an angel blows a trumpet into Jerome's ear; representing the sense of hearing. Engraving after G. Collaert, 1630, after N. van der Horst.
  • People engaged in pleasures (dancing, drinking, gaming, flirting) to counteract the pains of illness and old age. Line engraving attributed to O. van Veen (Vaenius).
  • A young man holding flowers. Photographic postcard, 1937.
  • A young man holding flowers. Photographic postcard, 1937.
  • A young man holding flowers. Photographic postcard, 1937.
  • A young man holding flowers. Photographic postcard, 1937.
  • The sense of smell: a man lying in bed smells flowers as another lights some incense, above, a priest stands before a burning sacrifice of a lamb. Engraving after G. Collaert, 1630, after N. van der Horst.
  • A voyeur watches women taking a bath while above a monk is martyred; representing the sense of sight. Engraving after G. Collaert, 1630, after N. van der Horst.
  • The sense of touch: below, a bespectacled man examines coins and valuables, above, St Thomas puts his finger into the resurrected Christ's side. Engraving after G. Collaert, 1630, after N. van der Horst.
  • The sense of smell: a man lying in bed smells flowers as another lights some incense, above, a priest stands before a burning sacrifice of a lamb. Engraving after G. Collaert, 1630, after N. van der Horst.
  • The sense of taste: diners around a feasting table containing a swan and a human skeleton, above, scenes of communion and Abraham and the three angels. Engraving after G. Collaert, 1630, after N. van der Horst.
  • The sense of touch: below, a bespectacled man examines coins and valuables, above, St Thomas puts his finger into the resurrected Christ's side. Engraving after G. Collaert, 1630, after N. van der Horst.
  • The sense of taste: diners around a feasting table containing a swan and a human skeleton, above, scenes of communion and Abraham and the three angels. Engraving after G. Collaert, 1630, after N. van der Horst.
  • A voyeur watches women taking a bath while above a monk is martyred; representing the sense of sight. Engraving after G. Collaert, 1630, after N. van der Horst.
  • A young man holding a decorated model of a fish representing "poissons d'avril" (April fool's jokes). Colour photographic postcard, 192-.
  • A young man holding a decorated model of a fish representing "poissons d'avril" (April fool's jokes). Colour photographic postcard, 192-.
  • Thai Buddhist Manuscript inscribed on plam-leaves with a me
  • Circa instans, seu de medicamentis simplicibus
  • Two women reprimanding two children. Engraving by J. Chevillet, 1785, after J.A. de Peters.
  • Astronomy: a woman walking on a hillside near below Brightling Observatory, East Sussex. Engraving by W.B. Cooke, 1819, after J.M.W. Turner.
  • God stands in the centre of Eden; to the left he breathes life into Adam. Engraving by Scotin, c. 1765.
  • A man saying through the smoke of his cigarette "Think of me". Photographic postcard, 192- (?).
  • A man saying through the smoke of his cigarette "I love you". Photographic postcard, 192- (?).
  • A man saying through the smoke of his cigarette "I love you". Photographic postcard, 192- (?).
  • A man saying through the smoke of his cigarette "Think of me". Photographic postcard, 192- (?).