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  • Miraflores, the Panama Canal Zone: rising smoke as two West Indian men burn grass away from the side of a ditch as part of a mosquito control programme implemented during the construction of the Panama Canal. Photograph, 1910.
  • Miraflores, the Panama Canal Zone: a West Indian man sprays larvicide into a ditch as part of a mosquito control programme implemented during the construction of the Panama Canal. Photograph, 1910.
  • Eciton burchelli/Eciton army ant
  • An extremely detailed survey of the activities surrounding the building of the tower of Babel. Engraving, c. 1680.
  • Hospitals and asylums of the world. Vols. 1-2, [Asylums] / by Henry C. Burdett.
  • Hospitals and asylums of the world. Vols. 1-2, [Asylums] / by Henry C. Burdett.
  • The crucifixion of Christ ('The Great Crucifixion'). Engraving by Agostino Carracci, 1589, after G. Robusti, il Tintoretto.
  • The crucifixion of Christ ('The Great Crucifixion'). Engraving by Agostino Carracci, 1589, after G. Robusti, il Tintoretto.
  • Colombia: a cottage built of bamboo. Coloured etching by C. Empson, 1836.
  • Colombia: a cottage built of bamboo. Coloured etching by C. Empson, 1836.
  • Colombia: a cottage built of bamboo. Coloured etching by C. Empson, 1836.
  • Dogs with their keepers at the Physiology Department, Imperial Institute of Experimental Medicine, St Petersburg. Photograph, 1904.
  • Dogs with their keepers at the Physiology Department, Imperial Institute of Experimental Medicine, St Petersburg. Photograph, 1904.
  • Dogs with their keepers at the Physiology Department, Imperial Institute of Experimental Medicine, St Petersburg. Photograph, 1904.
  • The construction of the great sewage tunnels, near Old Ford, Bow. Wood engraving, 1859, after F. Thompson.
  • The construction of the great sewage tunnels, near Old Ford, Bow. Wood engraving, 1859, after F. Thompson.
  • Peter Barlow. Lithograph by J.S. Hooke, 1827.
  • Peter Barlow. Lithograph by J.S. Hooke, 1827.
  • John Bird. Mezzotint by V. Green, 1776, after J. Lewis.
  • Civil engineering: the pier at Madras, India, built using screw piles (helical piles). Wood engraving, 1863.
  • A seated man sharpening a quill pen. Engraving by R. Wallis after F. van Mieris.
  • Louis (Ludwig) de Wette, physician of Basel. Oil painting by Amalia de Wette-Jersing, 1843.
  • Louis (Ludwig) de Wette, physician of Basel. Oil painting by Amalia de Wette-Jersing, 1843.
  • Louis (Ludwig) de Wette, physician of Basel. Oil painting by Amalia de Wette-Jersing, 1843.
  • Louis (Ludwig) de Wette, physician of Basel. Oil painting by Amalia de Wette-Jersing, 1843.
  • Louis (Ludwig) de Wette, physician of Basel. Oil painting by Amalia de Wette-Jersing, 1843.
  • Constantinople: the Historic Peninsula. Engraving by J. Isac.