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  • A crimson petunia plant (Petunia x hybrida): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1879, after F. Hulme.
  • India: a ruined mosque near the 'Cusom House' battery. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.
  • A plant (Escallonia montevidensis): flowering stem. Coloured etching by F. Smith, c. 1834, after himself.
  • A striped petunia plant (Petunia x hybrida): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1879, after F. Hulme.
  • A California poppy (Eschscholzia californica): flowering stems and pod. Chromolithograph, c. 1879, after F. Hulme.
  • The presentation of the Virgin. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G.A. Sirani.
  • India: a bridge of boats over the Jumna River. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.
  • Wybrant Lolkes, a dwarf. Engraving by C.F. Fritsch.
  • An old man discourses with a woman with a bird on her head; representing dialectic. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.
  • A servant preventing a messenger from delivering some letters to two weary men seated at a table (Alexander Pope and John Arbuthnot). Etching by C. Grignion, ca. 1787, after F. Hayman.
  • The Virgin holds the dead Christ in her arms. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after A. Tiarini.
  • A woman wraps a new born baby in swaddling clothes while the mother recovers in bed, the midwife mops her brow. Colour etching by C.M. Metz after F. Barocci.
  • A man is sitting in front of a mirror combing his hair. Engraving by C. Warren, after E.F. Burney.
  • The Virgin Mary with Saint Petronius and Saint John the Evangelist and a donor. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after F. Cossa, 1474.
  • A woman with a dog on her knee having her hair dressed by a female assistant; in the lefthand background a boy holds hair-dressing implements. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl after C. Netscher.
  • A wild poppy (Papaver argemone): flowering stems and leaf. Chromolithograph, c. 1877, after F. E. Hulme.
  • A plant (Hyacinthus corymbosus): flowering plant. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1807, after S. Edwards.
  • India: a section of the Pillar of Kootub near Delhi. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.
  • A plant (Wurmbea capensis): flowering plant. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1810, after S. Edwards.
  • Men in fishing boats near a harbour. Etching attributed to F. Vivares after C.J. Vernet.
  • A plant (Whiteheadia latifolia): flowering plant. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1805, after S. Edwards.
  • Boer War: a military hospital building at Bloemfontein, South Africa. Halftone, c. 1900, after F. Mayer.
  • A plant (Duvalia elegans): flowering plant. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1809, after S. Edwards.
  • A plant (Nigella nigellastrum): flowering stem. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1810, after S. Edwards.
  • A cranesbill (Geranium species): flowering stem. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1802, after S. Edwards.
  • A plant (Leucadendron fusciflorum): flowering stem. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1805, after S. Edwards.
  • A plant (Ornithoglossum glaucum): flowering plant. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1807, after S. Edwards.
  • A belladonna lily flower (Amaryllis belladonna var. pallida). Coloured transfer lithograph, c. 1836, after F. Smith.
  • Four different species of cats, including the angora cat and the domestic cat. Coloured etching by J. D. E. Canu and L. F. Couché after A.C. Vauthier.
  • A rat-catcher, carrying a box over his shoulder, is accompanied by a boy holding a cage on a long stick with rats in it. Coloured lithograph by F. Sexton, 1835, after C. Visscher.