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  • A physician and nurse attending a sick patient (?) and her servant. Watercolour.
  • Christmas benefit at University College Hospital, London. Wood engraving after G. Durand, 1874.
  • Christmas benefit at University College Hospital, London. Wood engraving after G. Durand, 1874.
  • Radcliffe Camera, Oxford: interior of the library showing study areas. Coloured aquatint by J. Bluck, 1813, after F. Mackenzie.
  • Heriot's Hospital, Edinburgh: the gateway entrance. Line engraving by J.H. Le Keux, 1847, after R.W. Billings.
  • Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau: workers preparing cakes from manioc root, within a decorative border. Engraving, c. 1777.
  • The Foundling Hospital: the interior of the Court Room, with people in eighteenth-century dress. Wood engraving.
  • Christ, enthroned, crowns Mary in heaven. Etching with aquatint by C.M. Metz after Giotto and G. Vasari.
  • East London Hospital for Children, Shadwell: a party in one of the wards on New Year's Eve. Wood engraving, 1870.
  • The first verse of a poem entitled, "Rheinweinlied", surrounded by an ornamental design with a large wine glass. Etching, 1842.
  • The Middlesex Hospital: a party in a ward, with a Christmas tree and other decorations. Wood engraving, 1874.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares with the aid of assistants and snakes to a captivated audience, Tianjin, China. Engraving by P. Lightfoot, 1858, after T. Allom.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor selling his wares with the aid of assistants and snakes to a captivated audience, Tianjin, China. Engraving by P. Lightfoot, 1858, after T. Allom.
  • God stands in the centre of Eden; to the left he breathes life into Adam. Engraving by Scotin, c. 1765.
  • Le malade imaginaire: Argan, a hypochondriac feigning illness in front of Béline, his wife and Dr. Purgon, his physician, in a scene from Molière's play. Etching by G. Schouten after J.B. Molière.
  • The fall; expelled from Eden, Adam and Eve raise a family and set to work. Engraving by Scotin, c. 1765.
  • God creates Eve; she tempts Adam. Engraving by Scotin, c. 1765.
  • Durga slaying the Buffalo demon surrounded by deities on a stand within a torana. Coloured transfer lithograph.
  • Durga slaying the Buffalo demon depicted on a stand and surmounted on a torana decorated with smaller figures of demon kings and Hindu gods. Transfer lithograph.
  • A winged man (Time) and a winged skeleton (Death) record the passing of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VII; a lion skin in the background. Etching by F.X. Jungwierth after N. Stuber, 1746.
  • China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Lyndhurst Terrace, Hong Kong. Photograph by John Thomson, ca. 1869.
  • Lyndhurst Terrace, Hong Kong. Photograph by John Thomson, ca. 1869.
  • A man in a fez is leading a richly decorated horse past an ornamental balcony towards a landscaped garden. Etching by M. E. Ridinger after J. E. Ridinger.
  • The Virgin Mary and Christ child with saints (the 'Felicini' altar piece). Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after F. Francia, 1494.
  • Saint Gregory the Great, wearing ecclesiastical dress and supported by two angels, is kneeling in prayer; angels above him. Etching by J. Ballin (?) after A. Carracci, 16--.
  • China: Manchu women buying flowers for their headdress, Beijing. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • China: Manchu women buying flowers for their headdress, Beijing. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Labourers being shaved in a barber's shop on a Saturday evening. Etching by Thomas Jones after himself after C. Dibdin.
  • Page of Gothic text from a 15th century Leech-Book