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  • Architecture: a hallway and a staircase in the Elizabethan style. Engraving after Arrowsmith.
  • Architecture: various highly wrought designs for door furniture. Engraving.
  • A woman holding the caduceus and a bunch of keys; representing dialectic. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • A display of ornate plantpots and a large vase on a pedestal. Etching with engraving by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.
  • Entrance to a cave on the island of Elephanta, near Bombay, Maharashtra. Coloured aquatint by T. and W. Daniell, 1800.
  • A woman looking through a level and holding a ruler and compasses, standing in front of a grid; representing perspective. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • An ornate vase and pedestal with a bust and weapons carved on the side, in a classical garden. Etching by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.
  • An ornate vase and pedestal with a man and woman making axe sheaths carved in relief on the side. Etching by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.
  • Baby Krishna sucking his toes, on his cobra throne, attended by female attendants, all surrounded by decorative borders. Wood engraving.
  • A child with plugs in holes in his earlobes - to gradually increase the size, for ornamental purposes. Halftone after a photograph by J.W. Beattie.
  • An ornate vase and pedestal with a young soldier courting a woman carved in relief on the side. Etching by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.
  • The god Apollo holding his bow and an arrow. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • A queen sits on a throne in ornate surroundings, below is an inscription to the wedding of Nicolaas de Vicq and Maria Jacoba van Reit. Etching with engraving by L. Scherm, c. 1701, after J. Goeree after S. Schynvoet.
  • A drinking song set to music with an illustration of a drunken party. Engraving and etching by G. Bickham junior, 17--, after G. Monro and W. Hogarth.
  • A drinking song set to music with an illustration of a drunken party. Engraving and etching by G. Bickham junior, 17--, after G. Monro and W. Hogarth.
  • A drinking song set to music with an illustration of a drunken party. Engraving and etching by G. Bickham junior, 17--, after G. Monro and W. Hogarth.
  • An ornate vase and pedestal with gardening tools carved on the base, in a classical garden. Etching by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.
  • An ornate vase and pedestal with a warrior carved on the side, in a classical garden. Etching by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.
  • Noah, drunk and naked, being covered in a garment by his sons, Shem and Japheth; with a border of naked men holding medallions. Halftone after Michelangelo.
  • An ornate garden obelisk decorated with urns and statues. Etching by J. Schynvoet after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
  • An ornate garden obelisk with women seated on the base shielding their eyes. Etching by J. Goeree after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
  • An ornate garden obelisk with a fleet of battle-ships carved on the base. Etching by J. Goeree after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
  • Six arms showing different designs of tattoo, and two smaller views of tattoos. Process print, 1903.
  • An ornate garden obelisk with a triumphal procession carved in relief on the base. Etching by J. Goeree after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
  • A woman (Juno?) with a staff encircled by a snake and a peacock. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • Astronomy: interior of the Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford. Coloured aquatint by J. Bluck, 1813, after F. Mackenzie.
  • A Kandyan shaman in full costume. Process print.
  • An ornate vase and pedestal with a lady and her servant carved on the side, in a classical garden. Etching by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.
  • An ornate vase on a large and elaborate pedestal bearing an epitaph to Christoffel van Brants. Etching with engraving by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.
  • The Nabob of Arcot with his Prime Minister. Gouache drawing.