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  • The witch of Endor conjures up the ghost of Samuel at the request of Saul, who lies petrified on the ground. Engraving by R.I. Martin after B. West.
  • Sir William Blizard. Lithograph by R. Martin after J. K. Meadows.
  • Sir William Blizard. Lithograph by R. Martin after J. K. Meadows.
  • Portrait of J. R. Martin, Physician to the Council of India, a member of the St. Albans Medical Club
  • Theodora de Verdion, an eccentric teacher of languages, a book seller and collector of medals. Engraving, 1803.
  • The history of generation. Examining the several opinions of divers authors, especially that of Sir Kenelm Digby, in his Discourse of bodies ... To which is joyned a Discourse of the cure of wounds by sympathy ... especially by ... Sir Gilbert Talbots powder / By Nath. Highmore.
  • Mary Stevens Maternity Home, Stourbridge, Worcestershire: the entrance front. Process print, 1929.
  • Birmingham Children's Hospital, the nurses's home: three-quarter view. Process print, 1929.
  • 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.
  • James Philipps. Mezzotint by C. Turner, 1824, after G. Sharples.
  • James Philipps. Mezzotint by C. Turner, 1824, after G. Sharples.
  • A woman with a key and four books standing in front of a tower with an open loggia in which a man is teaching children; representing Grammar. Engraving after Martin de Vos.
  • C. Robert Rudolf. Drawing by H.A. Freeth, 1966.
  • John Abernethy. Coloured etching by S. W. Fores, 1825.
  • Plague in Phrygia. Engraving by M. Raimondi after Raphael after Virgil.
  • Plague in Phrygia. Engraving by M. Raimondi after Raphael after Virgil.
  • Men performing oral sex; advertisement for safe sex to reduce the risk of HIV by the Core Program. Lithograph by Charles R. Moniz.
  • Two groups of men performing oral sex in booths; advertisement for safe sex to reduce the risk of HIV by the Core Program. Lithograph by Charles R. Moniz.
  • Franz Joseph Gall. Stipple engraving by A. A. Bourgeois de la Richardière, 1808, after L. Boilly.
  • Roch Ambroise Cucurron Sicard, Abbé Siccard. Line engraving by A. Aubert after J.-M. Langlois, 1812.
  • An embassy of the Nawab of Oudh (Awadh), led by his minister Haider Beg Khan, passing Patna on its way to Lord Cornwallis, the new Governor-General of India, in Calcutta in 1786. Mezzotint by R. Earlom, 1800, after J. Zoffany, 1796.
  • An episode in Samuel Foote's play The devil upon two sticks: the cobbler Emmanuel Last is examined for entry as a licentiate to the Royal College of Physicians by Dr Hellebore, the president of the college. Mezzotint by J. Finlayson after J. Zoffany, 1769.
  • A man with a wooden leg carrying arms and legs in a basket; representing the relation between the whole and its parts in Aristotelian logic. Engraving by L. Gaultier, ca. 1613.
  • The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London: plans of the ground and first floors of the Jubilee wing. Photo lithograph by Sprague & Co., 1890.
  • Paul Ferdinand Gachet. Etching by V. van Gogh, 1890.
  • Paul Ferdinand Gachet. Etching by V. van Gogh, 1890.
  • Paul Ferdinand Gachet. Etching by V. van Gogh, 1890.
  • Edinburgh University: John Chiene and Dr MacKay with medical students. Photograph by J.G. Tunny, 1885.
  • Trinity College, Dublin: Biological Association members on the steps of a College building. Photograph by J. Chancellor, 1893.
  • Advertisements for pharmaceutical products, sent through the post to physicians in France, Italy, Spain and Belgium. Prints, 1940s-1960s.