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  • Two figures: a kneeling human skeleton, with hands tied behind its back, and an écorché figure tied to a tree-trunk. Engraving by Barlow, ca. 1800.
  • Farriery: seventeen figures including the anatomy of horses' hooves, a selection of horse-shoes, a horse suspended on a winching device, and apparatus for use in the tail 'nicking' procedure. Etching by J. Barlow, 1802.
  • Eight diagrams illustrating babies in the womb and internal structures of the womb. Etching by Barlow.
  • Optics: microscopy, including a magnified title page and a specimen holder. Engraving by Barlow.
  • Skeleton of a horse: side view. Etching by J. Barlow, 1802.
  • Two dissections of a horse's thorax and abdomen, seen from below, showing the internal organs and blood vessels. Etching by Barlow, 1802.
  • Horses' hooves, seen from below: four figures showing both perfect and contracted feet, demonstrating Mr. Coleman's 'artificial frog' for the preservation of horses' hooves. Etching by J. Barlow, 1802.
  • Two sea snakes with their tails in the air. Engraving by J. Barlow.
  • An écorché horse: two side views, below, an illustration showing the muscles, above, an outline diagram of the same. Etching by J. Barlow, 1802.
  • Four écorché figures: upper left, the muscles of the back, upper right, the muscles of the face and neck, lower left and right, the thoracic and abdominal viscera. Engraving by Barlow, ca. 1800.
  • The Chelsea College: aerial view from the north with boats on the river. Engraving by I. Barlow, 1805.
  • Seven diagrams illustrating difficult births, obstetrical instruments and a conjoined twin. Etching by Barlow.
  • Eight diagrams illustrating babies in the womb in different positions about to enter the world. Etching by Barlow.
  • Muscles, arteries and lymphatics of the arm and leg: eight écorché figures. Engraving by J. Barlow, 1802.
  • The vascular system, heart and female reproductive organs: six figures. Engraving by Barlow, 1802.
  • Navigation: various navigational aids, including a quadrant and a sextant. Engraving by Barlow.
  • Christ raises the widow's son from the dead. Engraving by J. Barlow.
  • Optics: a micrometer, for range-finding [?], with diagrams of its operation. Engraving by Barlow.
  • A man sits on a high chair in front of a table surrounded by others: they watch two men in the middle of the floor perform a ritual. Etching by J. Barlow, 1790, after S. Collings.
  • Three men dance in the street as a crowd gathers on Blackfriars Bridge, London, to celebrate the destruction by fire of Albion Mills. Etching by J. Barlow, 1791, after S. Collings.
  • Groups of men sitting at tables smoking and having a merry time: one man has fallen to the floor and spilled his tankard of ale. Etching by J. Barlow, 1790, after S. Collings.
  • People in a boxing club having a fist-fight: the chairman in the middle holds up a gavel, and a woman hits a man over the head with a tankard. Etching by J. Barlow, 1789, after S. Collings.
  • A parson is being attacked by a mob with hens. Etching by J. Barlow after S. Collings.
  • A quack doctor assisting a voluptuous female patient with group magnetic therapy. Etching by J. Barlow, c. 1792, after J. Collings.
  • Richard Barry, 7th Earl of Barrymore, a notorious spendthrift and rake, holding a levee: he is attended by his horse-racing and cock-fighting associates and others. Etching by J. Barlow after S. Collings.
  • A man on a horse causing havoc among a group of people wearing cassocks, carrying crosses and rosaries. Etching by J. Barlow, 1791, after S. Collings.
  • Custard apple (Annona triloba): fruiting and flowering branch and seed. Coloured etching by I. Barlow after J. Rysbrack.
  • A Golden Eagle sitting on the branch of a dead tree. Etching by Barlow after Edwards.
  • French sailors throwing manacled black soldiers off a ship into the a sea populated by large carnivorous animals. Engraving by J. Barlow after M. Rainsford.
  • French sailors feeding manacled black slaves in San Domingo to ravenous blood-hounds. Engraving by J. Barlow, 1805, after M. Rainsford.