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  • A distressed young woman protests her innocence and prays before the judge and the counsel of the Spanish inquisition. Aquatint by J.P.M. Jazet, 1839, after S.J.E. Jones.
  • An armless veteran of the Hôtel des Invalides is hired as a guide for visitors, in order that he take no money from them. Coloured lithograph by Cham.
  • The main avenue, Allées d'Étigny, Bagnères de Luchon. Lithograph by E. Ciceri.
  • An elephant and a leopard confront each other on opposite sides of a stream in an Indian desert. Coloured lithograph by E. Leroux after A.-G. Decamps, 1853.
  • A young woman watching from a beach while a rowing boat carries a man, waving farewell, to a ship in the distance. Aquatint by J.P.M. Jazet, 1829, after H. Corbould.
  • Paul and Virginie are found by their slave Domingue and their dog Fidele when they are lost in the forests of Mauritius. Engraving.
  • The bureau of wet nurses in Paris - wet nurses waiting to be selected. Aquatint after C. Brocas, 1822.
  • A landlord, while fishing, reads property advertisements in the newspaper and exclaims at the levels of rent being asked. Coloured lithograph by A.J.L. Jazet, 1843.
  • Les Eaux-Bonnes, Pyrénées: the town with surrounding mountains, and people in the foreground on a path above the town. Coloured lithograph by J. Jacottet after himself and A. Bayot, 1842.
  • A young woman leans against a tree while she waits for her lover. Lithograph after H. Decaisne.
  • A French soldier boasts that he and six others have 'evacuated' 300 Mexicans from a square;a military surgeon, holding an enema, counters that he has 'evacuated' many more single-handed. Coloured lithograph by Draner (Jules Renard).
  • A family caught in an avalanche along the Mount St. Bernard Pass; a woman frantically rings the bell thus breaking the cord. Aquatint by J.P.M. Jazet after H. Lecomte.
  • The Cachucha dance performed by Fanny Cerrito and Arthur Saint-Léon. Coloured lithograph by E.C.F. Guérard, 1845.
  • Eight famous European doctors. Lithograph by J.F.G. Llanta, 1832.
  • Armand, a curator in a zoo, meets Mme Girard while a nanny looks after her child. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Canu, 1821.
  • The black silhouette of a singer bearing the AIDS red ribbon and holding up a microphone in the air with silhouette musicians in the foreground; advertising an AIDS benefit concert at the Cathedral Esplanade in Lausanne on 14-15 June 1996 to support SID'Action. Colour lithograph.
  • The death of Napoleon Bonaparte at St Helena in 1821. Intaglio print by J.P.M. Jazet, 1830, after Baron Steuben.
  • July Revolution, 1830, Paris: a man being carried to the Ecole de Médecine by printers who cry out to take up arms. Lithograph after E. Levasseur.
  • Les Eaux-Chaudes, Pyrenees: people walk along the mountain paths to the hot spas. Lithograph by E. Ciceri, 1858.
  • Children playing at being adults; a boy sits at his dressing table having his hair dressed by a boy pretending to be a hair-dresser; another boy in the background folds clothes. Coloured lithograph by C. Bargue after H. de Montaut.
  • A St. Bernard dog brings an avalanche victim to a hospice in the Alps. Stipple engraving by Dibart Castel, 1820, after P.A.A. Vafflard.
  • A St. Bernard dog brings an avalanche victim to a hospice in the Alps. Stipple engraving by Dibart Castel, 1820, after P.A.A. Vafflard.
  • Three French army officers of the reign of Louis XVI in military dress: the inspectors of doctors, surgeons and the barracks. Coloured lithograph by G. David, 1854, after A. de Marbot.
  • Three French army officers of the reign of Louis XVI in military dress: the inspectors of doctors, surgeons and the barracks. Coloured lithograph by G. David, 1854, after A. de Marbot.
  • Les Eaux-Bonnes, Basses Pyrénées: view from above. Lithograph by E. Ciceri, 1858.
  • Les Eaux-Bonnes, Basses Pyrénées: view from above. Lithograph by E. Ciceri, 1858.
  • People playing a game of skittles (bowling) in the garden of an inn, as others sit on the grass drinking, smoking and chatting. Engraving by E. de Ghendt after J. Steen.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin): she receives the prayers of the Swiss who ask for her help in ending the Sonderbund War (?). Engraving by La Richardière after Bader.
  • Two devils in a laboratory produce statutes with the help of a genie; showing the repressive nature of the government of France under Louis-Philippe, especially concerning the freedom of the press. Lithograph by E. Le Poittevin, 1831.
  • Silenus holding the infant Bacchus. Crayon manner print by J.F. Cazenave after Eugène Bourgeois.