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  • John Wesley. Stipple engraving after W. Hamilton, 1788.
  • John Moore. Line engraving by W. H. Lizars, 1820, after G. Hamilton.
  • Elizabeth Chudleigh, Duchess of Kingston, attending her trial for bigamy. Etching by John Hamilton Mortimer, 1776.
  • Lady Jane Grey is led to her execution, handing over her table-book to Sir John Gage. Line engraving with etching by Warren after W. Hamilton, 1802.
  • Culpeper's English family physician; or medical herbal enlarged, with several hundred additional plants / principally from Sir John Hill ... And a new dispensatory, from the MS. of Dr. Saunders ... By Joshua Hamilton.
  • Hamilton Bell carrying a vintner's boy on his back from Edinburgh to Musselburgh, accompanied by John Rae, a pair of fishwives walk in the other direction. Coloured etching by J. Kay, 1792, after himself.
  • Man-midwifery dissected ; or, the obstetric family-instructor : In fourteen letters. Addressed to A. Hamilton. Occasioned by certain doctrines contained in his letters to Dr. W. Osborn / By John Blunt [i.e. S.W. Fores].
  • Man-midwifery dissected ; or, the obstetric family-instructor : In fourteen letters. Addressed to A. Hamilton. Occasioned by certain doctrines contained in his letters to Dr. W. Osborn / By John Blunt [i.e. S.W. Fores].
  • Man-midwifery dissected ; or, the obstetric family-instructor : In fourteen letters. Addressed to A. Hamilton. Occasioned by certain doctrines contained in his letters to Dr. W. Osborn / By John Blunt [i.e. S.W. Fores].
  • King Richard II as described by William Shakespeare. Drawing after J.H. Mortimer.
  • Two sleeping water creatures, similar to mermaids. Etching by J.H. Mortimer, 177-.
  • Salvator Rosa. Pen and ink drawing after J. H. Mortimer.
  • A witch, raising her arm above a flaming cauldron, recites a spell; a young woman kneels in front of the cauldron. Mezzotint by J. Dixon after J.H. Mortimer, 1773.
  • The discovery of the tomb of King Arthur. Stipple engraving by J. Ogborne after J.H. Mortimer.
  • Two anatomists dissecting a corpse, surrounded by birds, a cat, a dog and mice. Etching by S. Ireland after J. H. Mortimer, 17--.
  • A prisoner is sitting on straw in a cave with his feet chained to the wall, there are a few provisions on a small shelf in the rock. Etching by R. Blyth after J.H. Mortimer.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist. Mezzotint with etching by J.H. Mortimer after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • A grossly obese man supporting his stomach in a wheelbarrow, a young fop looks on. Etching by S. Ireland, 178-, after J.H. Mortimer.
  • A dog on a laboratory bench sits up and begs the prospective vivisector for mercy. Engraving by C.J. Tomkins, 1883, after a painting by J. McClure Hamilton.
  • A dog on a laboratory bench sits up and begs the prospective vivisector for mercy. Engraving by C.J. Tomkins, 1883, after a painting by J. McClure Hamilton.
  • A man rises from behind a gravestone as a skeleton in a shroud attempts to keep it closed. Etching by J. Haynes after J. Mortimer.
  • A wounded soldier retiring from battle. Etching by R. Blyth, 1779, after J.H. Mortimer.
  • A man rises from behind a gravestone as a skeleton in a shroud attempts to keep it closed. Etching by J. Haynes after J. Mortimer.
  • Two bravos threatening fishermen with their halberds. Aquatint by P.P. Burdett, 1771, after J.H. Mortimer.
  • A nude male model before a painting and drawing life class. Engraving by S.F. Ravenet, 1771, after J.H. Mortimer.
  • Three gamblers and an old man; representing the vain fight with time. Engraving by J. Hogg after J.H. Mortimer after G. Chaucer.
  • Astrology: the Hindu zodiac. Engraving by Barlow.
  • The death of Arcite: the dying Arcite lies on the bed holding the hand of a young lady, surrounded by a king, servants and a friend in armour. Stipple print by F. Bartolozzi after W. Hamilton.
  • HAMILTON: DIRECTIONS FOR TAKING AND USING
  • Lava, scoriae and vitrified matter found after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.