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  • A fig (Ficus carica cv.): one fruit. Coloured aquatint, c. 1839.
  • Fig (Ficus carica L.): fruit and leaves. Colour and coloured aquatint by G. Pera, c. 1825, after P. Tofani.
  • S S White Light for the Head Rest. Fig. 150, page 347, 'Dental Electricity' by Levitt E Custer, 1901.
  • Anterior view of thigh (fig. 1) and posterior view of thigh (fig. 2), with superimposed paper flaps. Coloured and laminated lithograph by S.G. Tovey after E.W. Tuson, 1828.
  • Victor Mouth Lamp for use upon the commercial current. Fig 155, page 353, 'Dental Electricity' by Levitt E Custer, 1901.
  • Diagram to illustrate Darwins conceptions of mans lineage. Fig. 3: phylogenetic of higher primates. Illustration from Enciclopaedia Britannica (Mans Genealogy).
  • Portal vein (fig. 2); spinal cord (figs 3-4) after Huber. Engraving by Benard, late 18th century.
  • Diagram of nuclear division, Fig 1 in Introduction of The Germ-Plasm: A Theory of Heredity by August Weismann, London, Walter Scott, 1893
  • Different species of cimex, including the bedbug (fig. 1). Coloured etching by J. Pass, 1801.
  • "English tube-teeth". The introduction of artificial crowns in England. Those made with wood decayed by moisture (Fig. 3). The screw-pivot used in the patented Foster crown (1885) had a flat base with a perforation in the porcelain body to accommodate the pivot's top, which securely anchored it to a tooth. (Fig 4).
  • The kidney (figs 1-4), bladder and penis (fig. 5) after Nuck, Bertin and Duverney. Engraving by Benard, late 18th century.
  • Five Egyptian trees with fruit, including the tamarind, mulberry fig and baobab. Line engraving, c. 1676.
  • Seven British garden plants, including a fig: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1833.
  • Diagram of a corset for the treatment of masturbation. Suspensoir a poche elastique. (Suspending rod has pocket elastic) Fig. 1. Elevation de face, et tel qu'il doit etre place et vu sur le sujet. (Elevation in face, and such as it must be placed and seen on the subject) Fig. 2. Elevation lateralr, ou profil (Elevation lateral, or profile)
  • A fig plant (Ficus carica var.): fruiting stem and leaf. Coloured lithograph, c. 1869, after W. Fitch.
  • A fig plant (Ficus carica): fruiting stem and halved fruit. Coloured zincograph by J. Macfarlane, c. 1872, after himself.
  • A false ankylosis of the right femur (thigh-bone), seen from the front and back (figs 1-2) and divided for an interior view (fig. 3) Engraving, 1749.
  • Four fruiting plants, a rose, a strawberry, a fig and a lemon, all with different types of pericarp. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
  • Fat particles from the kidneys of a large sheep and some viewed with the aid of a microscope (fig. 1, a-d; e-h; i-m) (illustrations to entry on Adeps); human allantois of twins, in two views (figs 2-3), and an allantois of a small aborted foetus (fig. 4) (illustrations to entry on Allantois) Etching by G. Bickham after himself, 1743.
  • The making of a gold shell or a telescope crown. By using models mounted on an articulator an impression can be taken of the biting surface of the opposing teeth. Fig 73.
  • Fig (Ficus carica L.): 57 segments of flowers and fruits at different stages of maturity with detailed description. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.
  • The trunks of the vena cava, with their branches(Table VI, fig. 1); the trunks of the vena porta (Table VI, fig. 2), both after an engraving by M. Vandergucht after W. Cowper, 1702, after a preparation by G. Leoni, c. 1645; the brain, nerves and spine, after Eustachius, by 1552 (Table VII) Etching by I. Basire, 1743.
  • Diagram of different generations of idants, Fig. 19 in chapter on 'Effects of Amphimixis on the Germ-Plasm', p. 239 of The Germ-Plasm: A Theory of Heredity by August Weismann, London, Walter Scott, 1893
  • Colour variation in wild Norway rats captured in England, fig 57 opp. page 126 in Genetics and Eugenics by W. E. Castle, Harvard University Press, 1916
  • Diagram to explain the inheritance of colour, as described in Mendel's Law, fig 30a in Genetics and Eugenics by W. E. Castle, Harvard University Press, 1916
  • [Undated engraving of "I Gemelli Siamesi" (probably Chang and Eng Bunker), siamese twins, joined at the breast bone, playing badminton before a very serious looking audience. It is numbered Fig. 44 and Tav[ola] 13. Possibly 1840-1860].
  • Similarities of the embryos of a human and a dog, fig 1 p. 10, part I of The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin, London, John Murray, 1875
  • The diaphragm (fig. 1) after Haller, the pharynx, seen from the back and the larynx seen from the front (figs 2-3), after Duverney, and the larynx seen from the back and open and from the side (figs 4-5), after Eustachius. Engraving by Benard, late 18th century.
  • A female of Daphnia pulex with eggs, fig.3 in 'Alternation of Generations', p.175 The Germ-Plasm: A Theory of Heredity by August Weismann, London, Walter Scott, 1893
  • The month September and the sign of Libra, represented by people gathering fruit from trees and the parable of the barren fig tree. Engraving by A. Collaert after H. Bol, 1585.