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  • A French physician on his rounds with his entourage. Etching by J. Caldwell, 1771, after M. Brandoin.
  • The Royal College of Physicians, Trafalgar Square: the facade. Engraving by T. Barber, 1828, after T. H. Shepherd.
  • Knightsbridge Chapel: above, the interior, below a vignette of the exterior, with three details of carved inscriptions. Engraving by B. Howlett after R. B. Schnebbelie, 1818.
  • European men and women being transported by Indian men, in a coach drawn by oxen, in sedan chairs, and in a carriage pulled by men. Wood engraving, 1875.
  • Crimean War: ambulance for the wounded. Wood engraving.
  • A French physician on his rounds with his entourage. Etching by J. Caldwell, 1771, after M. Brandoin.
  • The street in front of the Lying-in Hospital and Rotunda, Dublin, Ireland. Steel engraving by Owen after W.H. Bartlett.
  • A vendor of spectacles showing his wares to a woman at her spinning wheel, while her family look on. Etching by D. Deuchar after A. van Ostade.
  • A vendor of spectacles showing his wares to a woman at her spinning wheel, while her family look on. Etching by D. Deuchar after A. van Ostade.
  • Town Hospital, Catholic Chapel, Glasgow: from Clyde Terrace. Line engraving by J. Swan.
  • A woman refusing to get into a cab believing she will catch smallpox, the driver humorously reassures her. Wood engraving after J. Leech, 1863.
  • Town Hospital, Catholic Chapel, Glasgow: from Clyde Terrace. Line engraving by J. Swan.
  • St Giles's National School, Bloomsbury, London. Wood engraving by J. M. Williams after E. M. Barry, 1860.
  • The British Museum in Montague House: the Russell Street façade. Coloured aquatint after T.H. Shepherd.
  • Bridewell Prison, Edinburgh, Scotland. Line engraving.
  • Ophthalmic Hospital, New York City. Coloured wood engraving.
  • The Industrial Museum, Edinburgh: the facade, with visitors in the foreground. Wood engraving.
  • A poor street peddlar selling rhubarb and spices in London. Wood engraving after R. Beard.
  • Two scenes of farm buildings with workers packing hops. Wood-engraving, c. 1874.
  • Franco-Prussian War: the use of private and public carriages as ambulances. Wood engraving by W.J. Palmer after G.U. Régamey.
  • A collection of rural scenes, including a boy carrying a milk churn, a woman selling produce by the roadside, and horses. Coloured lithograph, [early 19th century].
  • The Fishermen's Hospital, Yarmouth, Norfolk. Coloured aquatint after J. Preston.
  • The Queens hospital, Birmingham. Wood engraving by A. Allen after J.J. Bateman after Bateman and Drury.
  • The Foundling Hospital, seen from Lamb's Conduit Street. Engraving.
  • The British Museum in Montague House: the Great Russell Street facade. Engraving after T. H. Shepherd.
  • The Medical Board building, Great Charlotte Street, Southwark, London. Woodcut with text.
  • Busy street-life in front of Edinburgh University, Scotland. Line engraving by W.H. Lizars, 1829, after T.H. Shepherd.
  • New York Infirmary and Women's Medical College, New York City. Coloured wood engraving.
  • A horse-drawn carriage has arrived at a church in a poor part of a town: a newly wed couple walk down the steps towards it as the coachman holds the door open and spectators stand by. Lithograph by C. Motte after V. Adam.
  • Wounded soldiers being taken to hospital by ambulance. Wood engraving by J. Gaildrau, 1854.