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  • Geography: hot springs in Iceland, with vegetation in the foreground. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
  • Geography: petrified waterfalls in North America. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
  • Geography: rapids in North America. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
  • Geography: rapids in North America. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
  • Geography: a mirage in the straits of Messina. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
  • Geography: rock bridge formed by erosion. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
  • Geography: rapids in North America. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
  • Geography: eroded rocks in the sea. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
  • Geography: a ship in an ice-field. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
  • Geography: sand-storms in North Africa. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
  • Geography: a gigantic iceberg at sea, dwarfing a sailing ship. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
  • Two pheasants bickering. Etching by J. Scott, ca. 1801, after S. Elmer.
  • Tobacco Bay, Bermuda: ships in the bay, and a source of fresh water for them on land. Aquatint by J. Wells after Porgay, 1803.
  • Two red grouse. Etching by J. Scott, ca. 1801, after S. Elmer.
  • The Royal Naval Hospital and the Queen's House, Greenwich, the Isle of Dogs beyond. Aquatint by J. Baily after J. T. Lee, 1811.
  • A covey of partridges. Etching by J. Scott, ca. 1801, after S. Elmer.
  • Two woodcock foraging by a lake. Etching by J. Scott, ca. 1801, after S. Elmer.
  • A male and female black grouse. Etching by J. Scott, ca. 1801, after S. Elmer.
  • Two woodcock foraging by a lake. Etching by J. Scott, ca. 1801, after S. Elmer.
  • A wounded pheasant being chased by a dog. Etching by J. Scott, ca. 1801, after S. Elmer.
  • Royal Naval Academy, Portsmouth: panoramic view with an anchor. Aquatint by Hall, 1806, after I.T. Lee.
  • A postcard wishing good luck illustrated by various lucky charms. Chromolithograph.
  • People on a skiing holiday with safe equipment; promoting use of iron-reinforced safety boots in the industrial workplace. Coloured lithograph by Atelier Börmel, 196- (?).
  • A very old man, suffering from senility. Colour stipple engraving by W. Bromley, 1799, after T. Stothard.
  • Geography: men in a rowing boat, entering Fingal's Cave. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper, 18--.
  • Beware of misfits : take your child to a shop where trained staff measure length, width and girth / Clarks Ltd.
  • Tahiti: a funerary monument (toupapow) with a corpse on it, encountered by Cook on his second voyage, 1772-1775. Engraving by W. Woollett after W. Hodges, 1 February 1777.
  • A poe-bird (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) perching on a branch. Etching, ca. 1777.
  • Afia-Too-Ca, a burying place in Tongatapu, Tonga, with three people, several huts and surrounding palm trees. Coloured line engraving by W. Byrne, c. 1777, after W. Hodges.
  • Two Sivites. Gouache drawing.