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  • Napoléon I and Marie Louise with their new born son. Engraving by A. Godefroy after Adolphe Roehn.
  • Charles II touching a patient for the king's evil (scrofula) surrounded by courtiers, clergy and general public. Engraving by R. White.
  • Alexander the Great demonstrating his trust in his physician Philip of Acarnania by drinking a medicinal draught prepared by him despite allegations that it was a poison. Oil painting by Benjamin West, ca. 1771.
  • Nebuchadnezzar, gone mad, grovels like a beast of the earth; he gropes for his crown. Engraving, 16--.
  • The Académie des Sciences, Paris: two medals. Line engraving.
  • A raja holding a rose. Coloured ink drawing.
  • The adoration by the magi of Christ, shown as young and old. Etching by J. Basire the elder, 1794, after J. Carter, after a bas-relief in Long Melford church, Suffolk.
  • The adoration of the magi next to a ruined temple. Etching by chevalier H. d'Avice after N. Poussin.
  • Queen Elizabeth I making her way to the Royal Barge moored at the quay, many courtiers, musicians, etc. either side. Engraving by H. C. Shenton after H. Melville.
  • The court of the jackal raja. Watercolour drawing c. 1870.
  • An old prophet denounces the proceedings at a lavish sacrifice given by the wayward king Jeroboam. Engraving.
  • Alexander the Great demonstrating his trust in his physician Philip of Acarnania by drinking a medicinal draught prepared by him despite allegations that it was a poison. Oil painting by Benjamin West, ca. 1771.
  • Herod and Pontius Pilate shake hands. Etching by F.A. Ludy after J.F. Overbeck, 1845.
  • Alexander the Great demonstrating his trust in his physician Philip of Acarnania by drinking a medicinal draught prepared by him despite allegations that it was a poison. Oil painting by Benjamin West, ca. 1771.
  • A goddess sits among a crowd of mythological figures with musical instruments and weapons; representing mineralogy. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1817.
  • A crowned fairy king seated on a hedgehog drawn by a girl holding a giant daisy, accompanied by dancing fairies. Watercolour by C.A. Doyle.
  • Three physiognomies belonging to a Roman consul, a king and a prince. Drawing, c. 1792.
  • Queen Mary I touching the neck of a boy for the King's evil (scrofula). Watercolour by M.S. Lapthorn, 1911, after a watercolour, 16th. century.
  • Alexander the Great demonstrating his trust in his physician Philip of Acarnania by drinking a medicinal draught prepared by him despite allegations that it was a poison. Oil painting by Benjamin West, ca. 1771.
  • Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast: a visit by the King and Queen to the Clarence ward. Pen and ink drawing, 1903.
  • A stork impales a frog in a peaceful scene by a river; allegory of freedom. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • An indian ruler leading his troops to battle seated in his carriage. Gouache drawing.
  • One soldier talks to three seated Roman figures. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • Dasaratha being asked in court to banish Rama by Kaikeyi and her humpbacked female slave Manthara. Chromolithograph.
  • Nashrullah Khan (son of the Amir of Afghanistan) having a tooth extracted in front of the soldiers of his father's army. Wood engraving after W. Small after J.A. Gray.
  • The three Magi offer gifts to the infant Christ, who sits on the Virgin's lap. Tinted lithograph by I. Bergman, 1822, after J.C. Schwarz.
  • An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, his lover (Sarah Young) cries at the spectacle while two attendants attach chains to his legs; they are surrounded by other lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by W. Hogarth, 1763.
  • A red-faced king stands in a red robe, flanked by a queen and the deity Mercury in green clothes; representing a stage in the process of alchemy. Coloured etching, ca. 18th century.
  • An aging David strums his harp, reciting psalms. Engraving by E. van Panderen, c. 1620, after Giuseppe Cesari, il cavaliere d'Arpino.
  • Royal Victoria Military Hospital, Netley, Hampshire: Queen Victoria visiting the wounded. Process print after R.C. Dickinson after W. Hatherell.