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  • God appears at Babel to disperse the people into different tongues. Process print, 1894, after W. von Kaulbach.
  • An old prophet from Bethel finds the body of a man of God from Judah who had been killed by a lion after accepting hospitality against God's command. Engraving by W. Raddon after J. Graham.
  • The council in hell: the fallen angels, persuaded by Satan, decide to pursue the battle against God. Etching by J. Ireland after W. Hogarth.
  • A radiant Samuel brings word from God to Eli. Line engraving by A.W. Warren, 1816, after E. Bird.
  • An episode in Juvenal's satire XII: in thanks for the escape of their mutual friend Catullus from a shipwreck, Juvenal shows to Corvinus a votive painting depicting Catullus's survival, while putti prepare to sacrifice animals as thank-offerings to the gods. Etching by W. Hollar after R. Streater.
  • A winged woman (the genius of literature) presents an elegant couple to the Roman goddess of wisdom, Minerva, above the group appears a triangle (sign of God) surrounded by cherubs, signs of the sciences and the lettering "Literature". Colour stipple engraving by J.W. Chapman after Dodd.
  • A plain and easie method for preserving [by God's blessing] those that are well from the infection of the plague, or any contagious distemper in city, camp, fleet, &c. and for curing such as are infected with it. Written in the year 1666 / By Tho. Willis ... With a poem on the virtue of a laurel leaf for curing of a rheumatism. By W[illiam] B[olton]. Never before printed.
  • A plain and easie method for preserving [by God's blessing] those that are well from the infection of the plague, or any contagious distemper in city, camp, fleet, &c. and for curing such as are infected with it. Written in the year 1666 / By Tho. Willis ... With a poem on the virtue of a laurel leaf for curing of a rheumatism. By W[illiam] B[olton]. Never before printed.
  • Some Fellows of the Royal Society: with a key to the identities of the sitters. Wood engraving, 1889.
  • Dulwich College: the buildings of the new school. Wood engraving by W. E. Hodgkin after B. Sly, 1868.
  • A scholar's study. Etching by C.W. Sherborn, 1890.
  • Brasenose College, Oxford: the quadrangle. Etching by J. Basire the younger, 1805, after J.M.W. Turner.
  • The medical practitioner appearing as a devil when he asks for his fee. Photograph after Hendrick Goltzius, 1587.
  • The medical practitioner appearing as a mere human when he has succeeded in curing the sick. Photograph after Hendrick Goltzius, 1587.
  • The medical practitioner appearing as an angel when he has started to heal the sick. Photograph after Hendrick Goltzius, 1587.
  • The medical practitioner appearing as a mere human when he has succeeded in curing the sick. Photograph after Hendrick Goltzius, 1587.
  • The medical practitioner appearing as a mere human when he has succeeded in curing the sick. Photograph after Hendrick Goltzius, 1587.
  • A crowd of spectators wait as Tom Idle is driven in a cart with his coffin to his place of execution and the gallows. Engraving by Thomas Cook after William Hogarth, 1795.
  • The regiment of life, wherevnto is added a treatise of the pestilence, with the booke of children / newly corrected and enlarged by Thomas Phaire.
  • The regiment of life, wherevnto is added a treatise of the pestilence, with the booke of children / newly corrected and enlarged by Thomas Phaire.
  • Bath, Somerset: bathers and onlookers in the courtyard containing the royal baths and great pump room, with a statue of King Bladud, founder of the baths. Engraving by W. Elliott after T. Robins.
  • A crowd of spectators wait as Tom Idle is driven in a cart with his coffin to his place of execution and the gallows. Engraving by William Hogarth, 1747.
  • King George III. Stipple engraving by P.W. Tomkins, 1801.
  • A boy, dressed as Saint John the Baptist for a procession in Venice. Wood engraving by W. Hollidge after F.W.W. Topham, 1870.
  • Spinal disease and spinal curvature : their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage / by Lewis A. Sayre.
  • Spinal disease and spinal curvature : their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage / by Lewis A. Sayre.
  • Spinal disease and spinal curvature : their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage / by Lewis A. Sayre.
  • Spinal disease and spinal curvature : their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage / by Lewis A. Sayre.
  • Spinal disease and spinal curvature : their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage / by Lewis A. Sayre.
  • Spinal disease and spinal curvature : their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage / by Lewis A. Sayre.