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  • Top, the house where Isaac Newton was born, Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire; centre, a letter written by Isaac Newton from Trinity College Cambridge, 20 June 1682; bottom, interior of the observatory in Newton's house on St. Martin's Street, London. Etching by C.J. Smith, 1836.
  • Arteries and veins, illustrating an article entitled "Artery" in an encyclopedia. Engraving by J. Mynde, 18th century.
  • The trunks of the vena cava, with their branches(Table VI, fig. 1); the trunks of the vena porta (Table VI, fig. 2), both after an engraving by M. Vandergucht after W. Cowper, 1702, after a preparation by G. Leoni, c. 1645; the brain, nerves and spine, after Eustachius, by 1552 (Table VII) Etching by I. Basire, 1743.
  • An octave for Mr Ernest Hart at Sir Henry Thompson's house. Oil painting by Solomon Joseph Solomon R.A., ca. 1893.
  • An octave for Mr Ernest Hart at Sir Henry Thompson's house. Oil painting by Solomon Joseph Solomon R.A., ca. 1893.
  • An octave for Mr Ernest Hart at Sir Henry Thompson's house. Oil painting by Solomon Joseph Solomon R.A., ca. 1893.
  • An octave for Mr Ernest Hart at Sir Henry Thompson's house. Oil painting by Solomon Joseph Solomon R.A., ca. 1893.
  • An octave for Mr Ernest Hart at Sir Henry Thompson's house. Oil painting by Solomon Joseph Solomon R.A., ca. 1893.
  • Dante Alighieri. Colour lithograph, 1859, after S.S. Kirkup after a fresco attributed to Giotto.
  • A fiery demon representing the chaos of the Paris Commune and more generally, the infernal results of the ideals of the French Revolution. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1871.
  • The uncovered head of a mummy: showing the head with the outer covering removed and the head with a pledget of tow in the mouth. Lithograph by J. Basire after George Scharf, 1852.
  • Buyers collecting their purchases after a sale of insects. Photogravure by Hanfstaengl after E. Armitage.
  • A Quaker family are sitting at the dinner table and the father has his hands together as he gives thanks for the food. Mezzotint by Charles G. Lewis after Alexander Fraser.
  • An exhumed mummy in St. Stephen's Crypt in Westminster. Chalk lithograph by J. Basire after George Scharf, 1852.
  • Franco-Prussian War: two nurses treating a wounded German soldier on the battlefield. Wood engraving by W. Hollidge after Princess Louise.