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  • Dr. Lowder's magneto-electric battery : the great health restorer ; stop taking medicine, and try nature's own remedy: electricity ! / The Magneto-Electric Battery Company.
  • Dr. Lowder's magneto-electric battery : the great health restorer ; stop taking medicine, and try nature's own remedy: electricity ! / The Magneto-Electric Battery Company.
  • Lord Randolph Churchill, on horseback as a Cavalier general, is leading an army of supporters and stamping on two opponents with his horse; representing Churchill's opposition to Home Rule for Ireland. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 6 March 1886.
  • The head of Michelangelo's David representing an advertisement for an art auction benefiting the Columbus AIDS Task Force on Saturday, 5th August, 1989 at Battleship Building, Columbus. Colour lithograph by Rob Brown.
  • The head of Michelangelo's David representing an advertisement for an art auction benefiting the Columbus AIDS Task Force on Saturday, 5th August, 1989 at Battleship Building, Columbus. Colour lithograph by Rob Brown.
  • John Montagu, 5th Earl of Sandwich, is following a young woman who is pushing a barrow of carrots through the West End of London. Process print after J. Gillray.
  • A scene of destruction with an overturned coach, screaming people and a bonfire; representing night. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.
  • Asses representing authors published by William Miller enter his bookshop in Albemarle Street, Westminster. Coloured etching by Peter Pry, 1808.
  • An oval cartouche containing a dedication to Dr Richard Mead. Engraving by G. Vandergucht, 17--.
  • Peking, Pechili province, China: a knife-grinder. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Peking, Pechili province, China: a knife-grinder. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • The life & age of man : shewing the different stages of man's life from the cradle to the grave : wherein all Christians may know their frail nature, and the miseries that attend a sinful life, set forth in a poem.
  • Wallas & Co. pharmacy, 45 New Cavendish Street, London. Watercolour.
  • Sir Richard Croft. Stipple engraving by W. Holl after Sir G. Hayter, 1801.
  • Napoleon in battle, an old man on horseback holding a child asks another child the way, a man carries a ladder or chair, a countryman carries a basket and two boys fight. Lithograph by Joseph Louis-Hippolyte Bellangé.
  • A captain talks to two soldiers, a man is hiding behind a tree from approaching soldiers, two old men stand talking, an artist is sketching, and an elderly couple are laughing together. Lithograph by Joseph Louis-Hippolyte Bellangé.
  • The head of Michelangelo's David with a graphic rising up with the words 'Art for Life 1993'; advertising an art auction benefiting the Columbus AIDS Task Force at Lazarus Downtown Columbus. Colour lithograph, 1993.
  • The head of Michelangelo's David with a graphic rising up with the words 'Art for Life 1993'; advertising an art auction benefiting the Columbus AIDS Task Force at Lazarus Downtown Columbus. Colour lithograph, 1993.
  • A putto pours a phial into a dragon's mouth, pumping a bellows with his other hand; representing the fixing of volatile matter in the alchemical process. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A crowned alchemical flask containing a young king, dressed in red, representing the culmination of the alchemical process. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A three-headed eagle in a crowned alchemical flask, representing mercury sublimated three times. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A peacock in a crowned alchemical flask; representing the stage in the alchemical process when the substance breaks out into many colours. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A queen dressed in blue, representing mercury, in a crowned alchemical flask. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A three headed monster in an alchemical flask, representing the composition of the alchemical philosopher's stone: salt, sulphur, and mercury. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A three-headed eagle in a crowned alchemical flask, representing mercury sublimated three times. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A three-headed eagle in a crowned alchemical flask, representing mercury sublimated three times. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A shoeshine boy cleans the boots of a man in drag. Photographic postcard, ca. 1905.
  • A shoeshine boy cleans the boots of a man in drag. Photographic postcard, ca. 1905.
  • The funeral procession of Tom and Jerry, the mourners including gamblers, pugilists and down-and-outs. Coloured aquatint by G. Cruikshank, 1823.
  • China: a Manchu man with a servant, Beijing. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.