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  • Punishments in camps during the Afghan wars, including flogging, hanging and the shooting of Afghans while tied to a rod. Wood engraving by G. Durand.
  • Afghan soldiers caught between allied troops in the Anglo-Afghan war, 1839-42. Coloured transfer lithograph.
  • Execution by firing squad of a Ghazi, or Muslim militant, at the Peshawur Gate in Jellalabad during the Afghan War. Wood engraving by W.I. Mosses after W.H. Overend.
  • Walled city with lone horseman, Afghanistan. Watercolour.
  • Cavalry passing mountain river, Afghanistan. Watercolour.
  • Cavalry marching through a mountain river, Afghanistan. Watercolour.
  • Transporting artillery through a mountain pass, Afghanistan. Watercolour.
  • Shooting skirmish below mountains, Afghanistan. Watercolour.
  • Medical staff in training in Yorkshire for operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Watercolour by Julia Midgley, 2012.
  • Cavalry drill in the mountains, Afghanistan. Watercolour.
  • Medical staff in training in Yorkshire for operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Watercolour by Julia Midgley, 2012.
  • Horsemen assembled outside the city walls at Kabul, Afghanistan. Watercolour.
  • Sewing up of an eye cavity in a cadaver after removal of the eye for training of surgeons. Watercolour by Julia Midgley, 2013.
  • Sewing up of an eye cavity in a cadaver after removal of the eye for training of surgeons. Watercolour by Julia Midgley, 2013.
  • A lecture to medical staff in London in training for operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Watercolour by Julia Midgley, 2013.
  • A lecture to medical staff in London in training for operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Watercolour by Julia Midgley, 2013.
  • The Congress of Berlin: Disraeli as a tooth-drawer, assisted by Queen Victoria, operates on Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire, surrounded by political figures from France, Germany etc. Coloured lithograph by J.J. van Brederode after Jan Steen, 1878.