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  • Antoine de Jussieu, with a vignette of the Tuileries. Stipple engraving by W. Evans, 1803, after Thévenin and T. Girtin.
  • Henry Cavendish. Aquatint by C. Rosenberg after W. Alexander.
  • The outer forepart of the uterus, the inside of the placenta and a portion of the internal surface of the uterus: three figures. Copperplate engraving by P.C. Canot after I.V. Rymsdyk, 1774, reprinted 1851.
  • Dissections of the pregnant uterus at five months: two figures. Copperplate engraving by P.C. Canot after J.V. Rymsdyk, 1774, reprinted 1851.
  • Dissection of the pregnant uterus at five months, showing the placenta and the cervix, in relation to the bladder and urethra. Copperplate engraving by P.C. Canot after J.V. Rymsdyk, 1774, reprinted 1851.
  • Dissections showing parts of the pregnant uterus, decidua and ovum at nine months: five figures. Copperplate engraving by P.C. Canot after J.V. Rymsdyk, 1774, reprinted 1851.
  • University College, London: the main building. Engraving by W. E. Albutt after D. C. Read.
  • The National Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland. Wood engraving by C. Sheeres, 1857, after B. Sly.
  • Bird's-eye view of the Welsh school and its grounds, Ashford, Middlesex. Wood engraving by C.W. Sheeres, 1857, after B. Sly after H. Clutton.
  • The British Museum: the reading room under construction. Wood engraving by J. Brown after C. W. Sheeres, 1855.
  • The asylum for orphan girls, Bristol. Aquatint by J. Bull and R.G. Reeve after C. Dyer and W. Brooks.
  • The asylum for orphan girls, Bristol. Aquatint by J. Bull and R.G. Reeve after C. Dyer and W. Brooks.
  • The Midland and Birmingham institute. Wood engraving by C.W. Sheeres after B. Sly after E.M. Barry.
  • The Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers, Paris: gateway and interior. Wood engraving by C.W. Sheeres after E. Shirond.
  • St. Mark's Schools, Liverpool, Merseyside. Wood engraving by C.W. Sheeres after B. Sly after T.D. Barry.
  • St Olave's and St John's Grammar School, Southwark. Wood engraving by C. W. Sheeres after B. Sly, 1856.
  • The Westminster Hospital, London. Wood engraving after E. Whymper.
  • Brighton Dispensary: perspective and two floor plans. Wood engraving by C.D. Laing, 1850, after H. Williams.
  • St Paul's School, London, England. Etching by W. Deeble after T.H. Shepherd, 1827.
  • Houses and schools, Fulham, London. Wood engraving by C. W. Sheeres after B. Sly, 1854.
  • Myographia nova: or, a graphical description of all the muscles in [the] humane body as they arise in dissection. Distributed into six lectures ... Together with a philosophical and mathematical account of the mechanism of muscular motion, and an accurate ... discourse of the heart and its use, with the circulation of the blood, &c. ... / by R. Lower.
  • Myographia nova: or, a graphical description of all the muscles in [the] humane body as they arise in dissection. Distributed into six lectures ... Together with a philosophical and mathematical account of the mechanism of muscular motion, and an accurate ... discourse of the heart and its use, with the circulation of the blood, &c. ... / by R. Lower.
  • Swearing to the cutting monster - or a scene in Bow Street.
  • Doctor Jukes pumping the stomach of Sir W. Curtis, several other aldermen wait to be operated on; representing the gross appetites of some civic dignitaries. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1824.
  • An inn at Bristol: people having breakfast before taking the stage coach. Stipple print after E.V. Rippingille, 1824.
  • Lord Ogleby with Canton (a valet) and Brush in Colman and Garrick's The clandestine marriage. Engraving by H. Meyer, 1821, after G. Clint.
  • Fox running out of the House of Commons in the middle of a debate with William Pitt the younger about the Regency crisis: he is excreting as he runs, which refers to a bout of dysentery he caught on route from Bologna. Etching by J. Gillray, 1788.
  • Bethlem Hospital, London: the incurables being inspected by a member of the medical staff, with the patients represented by political figures. Drawing by Thomas Rowlandson, 1789.
  • John Bull as the patient of promotors of competing therapies; representing British parliamentary reform. Aquatint by S. de Wilde, 1809.
  • The Medical Society of London: John Coakley Lettsom presenting to the society the deeds of 3 Bolt Court, City of London. Stipple engraving by N.C. Branwhite, 1801, after S. Medley, 1800.