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  • An old lady is startled by exploding bombs on which are written 'Germany', 'France', 'Russia', 'Great Britain' and 'Austria Hungary'. Drawing by A.G. Racey, 191-.
  • British soldiers inset above a view of the Rhine at Cologne. Photographic postcard, 1919.
  • British soldiers inset above a view of the Rhine at Cologne. Photographic postcard, 1919.
  • Left, a ship symbolising British commerce is going at full speed; right, the ship symbolising German commerce is rusty and covered with spider's webs. Drawing by A.G. Racey, 191-.
  • A stout lady holding a broom inscribed 'the Navy' and wearing a helmet inscribed 'Britannia' is sweeping German merchant ships and warships away from the Atlantic and the Pacific. Drawing by A.G. Racey, 191-.
  • World War I: British and German war loans contrasted. Drawing by A.G. Racey, 191-.
  • A bear wearing a spiked helmet and a gun is walking over a bridge marked "Protocol" which is supported by rulers of different countries. Drawing by M.C.P. (?), 12 July 1877.
  • Memorial of European events from the year 1710. Engraving, c. 1722.
  • Kaiser Wilhelm II as a blacksmith is hammering chains representing the British Empire, trying to break them. Drawing by A.G. Racey, 191-.
  • A British manufacturer is painting advertising boards inscribed "Made in Canada", "Made in England" and "Made in the British Empire", while a board saying "Made in Germany" is consigned to a garbage can; representing the embargo on German trade in British territories in World War I. Drawing by A.G. Racey, 191-.
  • A German physician recommending to a gouty English patient that he take the waters at various spa resorts in Germany and Bohemia. Wood engraving after R. Cleaver.
  • The German flag is being pulled by the Allies from under a dachshund representing Germany; representig the seizure of German colonies by the Allies in the First World War. Drawing by A.G. Racey, 191-.
  • A parson guilty of long tedious sermons has fallen asleep as a veteran relates at length the tactics used at the battle of Dettingen: both ignore a woman who brings them a dish of cooked chicken. Etching by T. Rowlandson, 1784.
  • Britannia pointing to Sanatogen, Formamint, and German colonies in Africa and the East Indies as new British possessions. Colour process print after E.F. Skinner.