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  • Sir Walter Raleigh smoking a pipe and being doused by a servant who thinks he's on fire. Wood-engraving, mid-19th century.
  • Diagram of the double microscope of P. and J. Dolland, opticians, in St. Paul's Church Yard, London. 18th to 19th century.
  • A woman and man sit at a table drinking as the man raises the bottle in his right hand. Lithograph, 19th century.
  • Tobias restoring the eyesight of Tobit in the presence of Raphael and Anna. Gouache painting by a Spanish painter, 19th (?) century.
  • A young Moorish man smoking a long-stemmed pipe. Coloured etching by Préval, mid-19th century, after F.C. Compte-Calix, 184-.
  • A man whose face expresses (according to the study of physiognomy) austerity blended with wit and rhetorical powers. Engraving by Barlow, 19th century.
  • A man whose physiognomy expresses (according to Lavater) truth, precision, harmony, calmness and expression. Engraving by Barlow, 19th century, after P. de Champagne.
  • A French liqueur label illustrated with Pan piping to a maiden by a forest pool. Lithograph by E. Goy, 19th century, after G. Brunner.
  • Late 19th century chemist's shop formerly owned by N.F. Tyler. At 87 Abingdon Road, Kensington W 8. Photograph by Mr Michieli showing the exterior.
  • Late 19th century chemist's shop formerly owned by N.F. Tyler. At 87 Abingdon Road, Kensington W 8. Photograph by Mr Michieli showing the exterior.
  • Late 19th century chemist's shop formerly owned by N.F. Tyler. At 87 Abingdon Road, Kensington W 8. Photograph by Mr Michieli showing the exterior.
  • A woman in bed, a second woman kneeling beside her in prayer to the Virgin and Child. Oil painting by an Italian painter, 19th century.
  • A collection of rural scenes, including a boy carrying a milk churn, a woman selling produce by the roadside, and horses. Coloured lithograph, [early 19th century].
  • The interior of a tavern with men and women carousing at a table and children on the floor. Mezzotint, early 19th century, after A. van Ostade.
  • A man sitting outside with a tankard on his knee and a pipe in his hand. Lithograph by F. Hangstaengl, 19th century, after F. van Mieris.
  • A man sitting outside with a tankard on his knee and a pipe in his hand. Lithograph by F. Hangstaengl, 19th century, after F. van Mieris.
  • Two Chinese men stand by a shop window while opium smokers sit on the terrace above. Pencil drawing with sepia wash by W. J. Bellairs, 19th century.
  • A woman appealing to Christ, to Sansovino's Virgin and Child and to Saint Nicholas on behalf of her child. Watercolour by an Italian painter, early 19th century.
  • Maria Diaz sick in bed, a priest attending her and her mother praying to Christ on the cross. Oil painting by a Portuguese (?) painter, 19th century.
  • Men and boys at a table drinking as a musician plays the lute. Engraving by A. Reindel, early 19th century, after A. Desenne after B. Manfredi, c. 1600.
  • A woman sits drinking as a man sleeps with his head on the table beside her. Engraving by L. Duval, early 19th century, after a design by J. Wicar after G. Terburg.
  • A woman sits by a barrel table in a smoke den lighting a pipe, others stand by the fire. Lithograph by J. Selb, mid-19th century, after A. Richter after D. Teniers.
  • Four heads of men who each exhibit one of the four temperaments: (clockwise from top left) lymphatic, sanguine, bilious, and nervous. Engraving by W. Johnson and A.K. Johnson, early 19th century.
  • Four heads of men who each exhibit one of the four temperaments: (clockwise from top left) lymphatic, sanguine, bilious, and nervous. Engraving by W. Johnson and A.K. Johnson, early 19th century.
  • Late 19th century chemist's shop formerly owned by N.F. Tyler. At 87 Abingdon Road, Kensington W 8. Photograph by Mr Michieli showing the interior with the side windows and carboys in position.
  • Syringes with bulbs of natural rubber. These bulbs were made from rubber bottles made by the Indians of S. America and imported to Europe at the end of 18th or beginning of 19th century.
  • Late 19th century chemist's shop formerly owned by N.F. Tyler. At 87 Abingdon Road, Kensington W 8. Photograph by Mr Michieli showing the view of the front window and door with carboys in position.
  • Late 19th century chemist's shop formerly owned by N.F. Tyler. At 87 Abingdon Road, Kensington W 8. Photograph by Mr Michieli showing the interior, the back of the shop and part of a side window.
  • [Undated newspaper cutting (early 19th century?) about Dock, the Wild Indian Venus, a Brazilian of the Butucudos tribe with a lower lip plate and ear tips resting on her shoulders, to be seen "at the Crown Hotel". ].
  • A group of vaccinators leading a small-pocked woman form a procession past a university, with Death waving his scythe behind them; the members of the university doze in the foreground; attributing the decline of Germany in 19th century to vaccination and syphilis. Lithograph after C.G.G. Nittinger, 1856.