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  • Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including Napoleon III addressing Britannia, a land battle, a mob being addressed by rival orators in the City of London, and a naval battle. Coloured lithograph, [c.1854?].
  • Britannia and her lion are begging on a bench on the Thames Embankment, impoverished by proposed Liberal reforms; beyond, the Palace of Westminster in ruins. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 28 November 1891.
  • Monument with a portrait of Samuel Butler; a youth sculpts a relief as a satyr holds Butler's book Hudibras towards him while Britannia looks at her reflection in a mirror. Engraving by William Hogarth.
  • The popular diet for all young and immature stock : unequalled for quality and reasonable in price : as good for cattle as for sheep : Holland's Britannia lamb and calf food / F.E. Holland.
  • The popular diet for all young and immature stock : unequalled for quality and reasonable in price : as good for cattle as for sheep : Holland's Britannia lamb and calf food / F.E. Holland.
  • A stout lady holding a broom inscribed 'the Navy' and wearing a helmet inscribed 'Britannia' is sweeping German merchant ships and warships away from the Atlantic and the Pacific. Drawing by A.G. Racey, 191-.
  • Britannia is seated under a tree, surrounded by Science and Industry and presented with a cornucopia by a man with a spade; representing Britain's wealth through science and industry. Etching by J. Miller after S. Wale.
  • Britannia as a patient who is in danger of death owing to disagreement between her three doctors over their competing remedies; representing the weakness of Britain during the replacement of Addington by Pitt as Prime Minister and the exclusion of Fox. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1804.
  • Britannia as a patient who is in danger of death owing to disagreement between her three doctors over their competing remedies; representing the weakness of Britain during the replacement of Addington by Pitt as Prime Minister and the exclusion of Fox. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1804.
  • At a polling booth, reserve voters, consisting of disabled and sick men and others, proceed up the stairs to take oaths; in the background Britannia sits in a coach that has broken down while the coachman and footman play at cards. Engraving by William Hogarth and François Morellon de la Cave, 1758.
  • A trio of quack doctors attending to Britannia: the Earl of Bute with an ass's head blindfolds a woman who is vomiting into a bowl held by Louis XV as a baboon: Tobias Smollett takes her pulse;while Henry Fox approaches her with a clyster-pipe; representing the loss of British assets to France in the Treaty of Paris. Etching attributed to Paul Sandby, 1762.
  • 'Speculum Britanniae' : regional study, antiquarianism, and science in Britain to 1700 / Stan A.E. Mendyk.
  • 'Speculum Britanniae' : regional study, antiquarianism, and science in Britain to 1700 / Stan A.E. Mendyk.
  • Ioannis Caii britanni De medendi methodo libri duo, ex Cl. Galeni Pergameni, et Jo. Baptistae Montani Veronenis, principum medicorum, sententia. Opus utile, & jam primum natum.
  • Ioannis Caii britanni De medendi methodo libri duo, ex Cl. Galeni Pergameni, et Jo. Baptistae Montani Veronenis, principum medicorum, sententia. Opus utile, & jam primum natum.
  • Ioannis Caii britanni De medendi methodo libri duo, ex Cl. Galeni Pergameni, et Jo. Baptistae Montani Veronenis, principum medicorum, sententia. Opus utile, & jam primum natum.
  • The breakthrough diabetes has been waiting for : Lejguar.
  • The breakthrough diabetes has been waiting for : Lejguar.
  • Success at every stage of Parkinson's Disease : Eldepryl.
  • Success at every stage of Parkinson's Disease : Eldepryl.
  • Civil engineering: the Menai box girder bridge. Engraving by S. Bradshaw after G. Dodgson.
  • Civil engineering: the Menai box girder bridge, viewed from entrance level. Lithograph by Day & Son, 1849, after E. Clark.
  • Animals and human figures manifesting life, death and fancy. Etching by R.C. Lucas, 1838.
  • W.E. Gladstone as Dr. Faustus making a pact with Mephistopheles in order to satisfy his political ambitions. Lithograph by J.M Rogier, 12 December 1885.
  • Astronomy: a muse shows a treatise on the stars to a ruler, surrounded by putti with attributes of the arts and sciences, in the background an observatory [Greenwich?]. Engraving.
  • A carriage representing "Radicalism" is being ransacked by a group of highwaymen, one of whom is wearing a shirt on which is written "Revolution". Lithograph after W. Morgan, 12 September 1885.
  • C.S. Parnell and John Walter, dressed as ancient Greek warriors, are engaged in single combat under the eyes of two judges and a barrister. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 27 October 1888.
  • Civil engineering: the supporting masonry for the Menai box girder bridge. Lithograph by Day & son, 1849, after E. Clark.
  • International exhibition of artistic furniture and home decorations, food, health and pharmacy 1907 : Crystal Palace, London : diploma for Grand-Prix with gold medal awarded to "Ajax" dry-cell (section speciale de medecine) for electric-system... / British Electric System.
  • International exhibition of artistic furniture and home decorations, food, health and pharmacy 1907 : Crystal Palace, London : diploma for Grand-Prix with gold medal awarded to "Ajax" dry-cell (section speciale de medecine) for electric-system... / British Electric System.