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  • Thomas Coram. Line engraving by A. Bannerman after W. Hogarth.
  • A Greek patriarchal tiara in the shape of an imperial crown from the collection of John Talman. Engraving by W. Hogarth.
  • An explosion in a laboratory. Oil painting after W. Hogarth.
  • The London Hospital, Whitechapel: the pool of Bethesda, used as a ticket. Engraving after W. Hogarth.
  • Astronomy: the astronomer Sidrophel, using a telescope, misidentifies a kite as a comet. Etching by W. Hogarth, ca. 1721.
  • Sarah Malcolm in Newgate Prison shortly before her execution. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.
  • An explosion in a laboratory. Oil painting after W. Hogarth.
  • A shield containing a group portrait of various doctors and quacks, including Mrs Mapp, Dr. Joshua Ward and John Taylor. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1736, after himself.
  • A drunken party with men smoking, sleeping and falling to the floor. Engraving by W. Hogarth.
  • Mary Toft (Tofts) appearing to give birth to rabbits in the presence of several surgeons and man-midwives sent from London to examine her. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1726.
  • 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.
  • The inside of a theatre and the reactions of different parts of the audience to the unseen play. Etching by W. Hogarth.
  • A baker is carrying a tray of pies on his head. Engraving by B. Smith, 1824, after W. Hogarth.
  • The Beggar's opera: on trial for robbery, Captain Macheath stands in shackles in Newgate prison, while two of his lovers (Polly Peachum and Lucy Lockit) plead for his life. Engraving by W. Blake after W. Hogarth, 1st July 1790.
  • Thomas Coram. Stipple engraving by W. Nutter, 1796, after W. Hogarth.
  • Self-portrait of W. Hogarth in a Montero cap, with his dog Trump. Stipple engraving by B. Smith after W. Hogarth.
  • Thomas Coram, seated at his desk, with a globe on the floor. Engraving by J. Mills after W. Hogarth.
  • An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, while two attendants manacle his legs: his lover, Sarah Young, cries in distress, they are surrounded by lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by H. Fernell after W. Hogarth, 1735.
  • Satire on false perspective: a landscape with absurd situations due to incorrect perspective. Aquatint by Le Coeur after W. Hogarth.
  • The enraged musician: a street crowd with a ballad singer is creating such a noise that the musician in the window has to put his hands over his ears. Engraving by J. June after W. Hogarth.
  • The interior of a salon with fashionable people in hoop skirts and corsets, and in which even the servant and the dog are dressed up; satire of contemporary fashion. Engraving by T. Phillibrown after W. Hogarth.
  • Thomas Coram. Line engraving by A. Dutillois after W. Hogarth.
  • Foundling Hospital: Captain Coram and several children, the latter carrying implements of work, a church and ships in the distance. Steel engraving by H. Setchell after W. Hogarth.
  • Hymen and Cupid. Steel engraving by E. Chavane after W. Hogarth.
  • Men playing draughts in Button's Coffee-House, London, ca. 1720. Aquatint by S. Ireland after W. Hogarth.
  • Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington, has been stabbed by his wife's lover (W.E. Gladstone) with a sword on which is written "duplicity". Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 7 November 1885, after W. Hogarth.
  • Men playing draughts in Button's coffee-house ca. 1720 Aquatint by S. Ireland after W. Hogarth.
  • A skeleton wrestling with a man, the man seems to be winning. Engraving by R. Livesay after W. Hogarth.
  • A young woman with a moon-shaped head-band (Diana). Etching by S. Ireland after W. Hogarth.
  • Thomas Coram. Line engraving by N. Parr, 1749, after W. Hogarth.