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  • A great Temperance festival in the Corn-Exchange, Cork, in full swing. Wood-engraving after J. McDonald, 1843.
  • An enthroned king, wearing three crowns and with a sword in his mouth, having vanquished a green seven headed hydra; an archangel with a key imprisons Lucifer in chains by a roaring fire; representing the culmination of the alchemical process and the sublimation of base matter. Coloured etching after an etching, ca. 17th century.
  • An early Tibetan king, or Rudrakulika, legendary king of Shambhala, seated in a garden. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Page 116: three portraits of kings, princes or generals. Gouache drawing.
  • Boer War: the Princess of Wales at the National Bazaar in aid of war victims, being presented with a bouquet of flowers. Halftone after B. Salmon, 1903.
  • David playing the harp for a melancholy Saul to ease his mind, they are surrounded by courtiers. Etching by J. Kip after G. Freman.
  • The Prince of Wales addressing nurses at a meeting about the National Pension Fund for Nurses, Marlborough House. Wood engraving.
  • Page 33: Bahadur Shah, King of Delhi. Watercolour drawing.
  • A king presiding over a massacre of infants; soldiers pour the blood of the infants into a boiling vat; probably representing the stage of 'putrefaction' in the alchemical process. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.
  • Kings examine the skeleton of King Croesus; allegory of vanity in the face of death. Etching by A. Allard.
  • Queen Victoria with her entourage visiting invalided soldiers at Fort Pitt Hospital, Chatham. Wood engraving, 1855.
  • Michael Sendivogius (Sędziwój), the alchemist, demonstrating the art in the court of Rudolf II. Drawing after V. Brožik.
  • Charles V (?). Drawing, c. 1794.
  • King Dushyanta proposing marriage with a ring to Shakuntala. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Her Majesty Queen Victoria and entourage visiting soldiers wounded during the Boer War, in a ward at Netley Hospital. Pen and ink drawing by J. Duncan, c. 1900, after F. C. Dickinson.
  • Double picture: Queen Shrimati Pramila Rani holding court for a horse sacrifice ; a battle between Arjuna and his demon army and Vabhruvahana and his human army. Transfer lithograph.
  • Radcliffe Camera, Oxford: design plan for the seating arrangements for a banquet given by the University. Line engraving, 1816.
  • A king sits drinking at a table surrounded by revelling courtiers and a man about to vomit. Engraving after J. Jordaens, c. 1640.
  • A procession of historical figures accompanying a car on which Time sits measuring the globe; representing the triumph of Time. Engraving by S. Pomarede, 1748, after G. Buti after Bonifacio de' Pitati.
  • Alexander the Great, demonstrating his trust in Philip, his physician, by drinking a medicinal draught prepared by him after receiving a letter from General Parmenio suggesting that Philip is poisoning him. Coloured pencil drawing by L. Chodowiecka.
  • Coloured porcelain figures of the three Magi. Colour photograph, 1948.
  • An early Tibetan king, or Rudrakulika, legendary king of Shambhala, seated in a garden. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Bathsheba brings the young maid Abishag to the aging King David for body heat. Mezzotint by R. Earlom, 1779, after G. Farington after A. van der Werff, 1696.
  • Boer War: The Duke of Connaught raising the Union Jack on the masthead of a hospital ship, an official Committee and line of soldiers in attendance. Gouache painting by F. Dickinson after D. Macpherson, 1899.
  • Philip the Bold: portrait. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Alexander the Great demonstrates his trust in his physician Philip by drinking a medicinal draught prepared by him even after receiving a letter alleging that Philip is trying to poison him. Line engraving by B. Audran, the elder, after E. Le Sueur.
  • The new born son of Philip V of Spain being held by his mother Marie Louise of Savoy, born Madrid 25 August 1707. Engraving, 1707.
  • Crimean War, England: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert inspecting the wounded Grenadier Guards in Buckingham Palace. Coloured lithograph by G. Thomas after himself, 1855.
  • A drunken wet-nurse about to give the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) a drop of alcohol as a horrified Queen Victoria and Prince Albert burst in on the scene. Lithograph.
  • Ahilyabai Holkar with two female attendants holding a diplomatic meeting between a nobleman and subject ruler. Chromolithograph.