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  • The coffin of Princess Amelia. Coloured engraving.
  • An ornate sedan chair with a state crown on top. Engraving by P. Begbie, 1775, after R. Adam, 1771.
  • The British Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith, London. Photogravure.
  • Conferment of degrees on the Tsar and the King of Prussia at Oxford in 1814. Coloured engraving.
  • King George III and Queen Charlotte, seated at a latrine, receive with agitation news from William Pitt the younger, who tells them that the King of Sweden had been assassinated. Etching by J. Gillray, 1792.
  • King George II and Queen Caroline with their ten children (?). Etching.
  • The post-boy : from Saturday January 25. to Tuesday January 28. 1723. Numb. 5386, On Saturday arrived the mail from France : Madrid, Jan. 16. N.S. The catholick King, Philip V. having taken a resolution to make an absolute renunciation of the crown of Spain, in favour of his eldest son.
  • The post-boy : from Saturday January 25. to Tuesday January 28. 1723. Numb. 5386, On Saturday arrived the mail from France : Madrid, Jan. 16. N.S. The catholick King, Philip V. having taken a resolution to make an absolute renunciation of the crown of Spain, in favour of his eldest son.
  • The death bed of Queen Caroline. Coloured etching, 1827.
  • A day in the life of George, Prince Regent, 1814. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1814.
  • A day in the life of George, Prince Regent, 1814. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1814.
  • The illustrated London news, no. 3720, vol. CXXXVII Saturday, August 6, 1910 : The cabinet that saves the operator from the evils of x-rays: the King looking at a patient under the x-rays at the London Hospital / drawn by S. Begg.
  • The illustrated London news, no. 3720, vol. CXXXVII Saturday, August 6, 1910 : The cabinet that saves the operator from the evils of x-rays: the King looking at a patient under the x-rays at the London Hospital / drawn by S. Begg.
  • King George III giving money from his purse to a woman who is raking hay near Weymouth, Dorset. Engraving by R. Pollard, 1820.
  • King Charles I at Holdenby House (Holmby House), Northamptonshire, is summoned by Cornet Joyce, who shows the King his pistol as his authority. Engraving after P. Angelis.
  • The gouty George IV using tongs to pass his discarded wig to Wellington; representing the Duke's appointment to office as First Lord of the Treasury. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1828.
  • The death bed of Queen Caroline. Engraving by Cooper after Fussell, 1821.
  • Coinage: a coin press with dies, for minting coins, used in the Royal Mint. Engraving, ca. 1740-1760.
  • The Prince Regent presenting to political ministers the expected baby of Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold, who urinates in their faces; representing the burden of taxation required by the Royal family. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1816.
  • King George IV as Prince of Wales and Prince Frederick Duke of York, as children. Mezzotint by J. Watson after C. Read, ca. 1770.
  • King George IV having his gouty foot massaged by his mistress Marchioness of Hertford while his wife Queen Caroline listens in the doorway. Coloured etching, ca. 1820.
  • Report from the Committee appointed to examine the physicians who have attended His Majesty [George III] during his illness, touching the present state of His Majesty's health.
  • The funeral procession of Queen Caroline, consort of King George IV. Aquatint, 1821.
  • A satyr on a pedestal kicks out at a magician while a priestess attempts to insert a clyster-pipe; depicting a play called 'The Golden Rump' representing King George II with his wife and Sir Robert Walpole. Engraving, 1737.
  • A prize medal of the Medical Society of London; on the front is Queen Charlotte and on reverse is Hygieia with a serpent. Engraving by R.G. Reeve.
  • The funeral of King George IV. Wood engraving with letterpress, 1830.
  • The funeral of King George IV. Wood engraving with letterpress, 1830.
  • King George III sits in his library pondering which advice to accept: to govern by law or by force. Engraving, 1771.
  • [British Red Cross Society Christmas card featuring a portrait of The Queen].
  • [British Red Cross Society Christmas card featuring a portrait of The Queen].