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  • A man holding a set of bagpipes. Engraving by R.C. Bell after Sir D. Wilkie.
  • A public bath-house at Dulcigno. Wood engraving by E. Froment after R.C. Woodville.
  • London School of Tropical Medicine, 24th Session Group portrait- including Sir Patrick Manson, G.D. Warren, T.R. Beale Browne, C.W. Daniels, R.W. Burkitt, J. F. Fitzmaurice, D. Ross Kilpatrick, J. C. C. Ford, A. F. Forster, Q. B. de Freitas, C.A. Godson, F. Grenier, S. Gurney, G. Hamilton, Prof. Holst, Capt. F.H.G. Hutchinson, K. McMurtrie, Miss G. Mackinnon, W.F. Todd, C. Frimodt Moller, Miss C. Wilson, Miss A. Madsen, Capt. J.N. Walker, J. Phillip Ziervogel.
  • A boy in Granada rides on a donkey loaded with panniers as he leads his flock of goats. Engraving by C. Cousen after R. Ansdell.
  • A hunting dog retrieving a fowl to the huntsman standing in the water loading his gun. Etching by H. R. Cook after T. C. Turner.
  • The feet of C. H. Unthan, the armless fiddler. (R) My Feet: The toes of the right foot speard out, (L) Sharpening A Pencil
  • London School of Tropical Medicine, 28th Session Group Portrait- including Sir Patrick Manson, G.D. Warren, H.R. Dutton, J.G. Copland, H.C. Brown, C.W. Daniels, H.B. Kent, J.W.A. Brown, P. F. Foran, S.F.G. Fox, Revd. T. Gilbert, W. C. Hossock, L.T.R. Hutchinson, A.I. Jackson, K. Jamset, O. Luhn, S.L. MacLaine, J. MacGregor-Smith, S.A. McClintock, W.H. Thresher, J.H. MacDonald, A. Trondle, R.T. Leiper, J.L. Maxwell, C.H. Watson, O. Marriott.
  • A man with papers in his hand looks questioningly at a young woman (Pamela) who turns her face away. Engraving by C. Warren, 1801, after R. Corbould.
  • Virginie resting by a fountain in Mauritius. Engraving by C. Heath, 1820, after R. Westall.
  • A woman with long red hair is lying down reading a book. Coloured mezzotint by C.R. Thévenin after J.J. Henner.
  • A man recuperating in bed at a receiving-house of the Royal Humane Society, after resuscitation by W. Hawes and J.C. Lettsom from near drowning. Engraving by R. Pollard, 1787, after R. Smirke.
  • A man recuperating in bed at a receiving-house of the Royal Humane Society, after resuscitation by W. Hawes and J.C. Lettsom from near drowning. Engraving by R. Pollard, 1787, after R. Smirke.
  • A man recuperating in bed at a receiving-house of the Royal Humane Society, after resuscitation by W. Hawes and J.C. Lettsom from near drowning. Engraving by R. Pollard, 1787, after R. Smirke.
  • A wealthy Afghan lady reclining and smoking a hooka. Coloured lithograph by R. Carrick, c. 1848, after J. Rattray.
  • A wealthy Afghan lady reclining and smoking a hooka. Coloured lithograph by R. Carrick, c. 1848, after J. Rattray.
  • A wealthy Afghan lady reclining and smoking a hooka. Coloured lithograph by R. Carrick, c. 1848, after J. Rattray.
  • A doctor examining the dials inside a human machine. Pen and ink drawing by R. Lunt Roberts, c. 1929.
  • A convalescent soldier (Lance-Corporal R.C. Thomas) poses in drag, wearing a silk dress and sitting with a mourning veil. Photographic postcard, 1916.
  • A convalescent soldier (Lance-Corporal R.C. Thomas) poses in drag, wearing a silk dress and sitting with a mourning veil. Photographic postcard, 1916.
  • A convalescent soldier (Lance-Corporal R.C. Thomas) poses in drag, wearing a silk dress and sitting with a mourning veil. Photographic postcard, 1916.
  • Funeral procession of a queen passing through Hammersmith in London. Etching with engraving by C. Canton after R. Banks.
  • Christ among the apostles. Colour mixed media print by comte A-C-P. de Caylus and N. Le Sueur after R. del Colle.
  • A bunch of bananas (Musa species) and a bunch of plantains (Musa x paradisiaca). Coloured lithograph by R. Bridgens, c. 1836, after himself.
  • A pedlar of jewelry reads from a sheet, ladies inspect his wares, and a shepherd looks delighted. Engraving by S. Davenport after J. Holmes after C.R. Leslie.
  • Benares, India: a fakir sitting on a bed of nails. Photograph by R.C. Mazumdar, ca. 1900 (?).
  • Benares, India: a fakir sitting on a bed of nails. Photograph by R.C. Mazumdar, ca. 1900 (?).
  • A moorish offender is tortured by being placed backwards on an ass and dragged through town in this position. Line block after R.C. Woodville, 1907.
  • A young couple have come to be married but the official who is to perform the ceremony seems unprepared. Lithograph by Theilley after R.C. Woodville.
  • A wig-seller dressing a wig on a stand in his shop; the wig-stands bear the heads of Tory politicians. Wood engraving by W.C.W. after R. Seymour.
  • Charles James, seated at his desk with candles burning, contemplating suicide, holds a pistol to his mouth. Engraving by W. Skelton after C.R. Ryley after C. James.