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  • On Monday, July 19th, 1869 & every evening until further notice : the performance will commencewith (Wednesday and Thursday excepted) the interesting drama, in four acts, entitled - the Black Doctor : acts I. and II. the island of Bourbon, 1788 ... / Grecian Theatre ... City Road.
  • An episode in The history of Pendennis by W.M. Thackeray: Harry Foker has his hair dressed and curled by Anatole, his valet. Etching after W.M. Thackeray.
  • Facade of 14 Hertford Street, Mayfair, where Edward Jenner first practiced in London in 1808; car in the foreground. Photograph, 1930/1937?.
  • Interior of Lambeth baths. Wood engraving by W. E. Hodgkin, 1853.
  • Interior of Lambeth baths. Wood engraving by W. E. Hodgkin, 1853.
  • Ancient Roman women bathing in a public bath in London. Coloured drawing by F. Matania, 1922.
  • Bermondsey swimming baths: interior. Photographic postcard, ca. 1906.
  • Bermondsey swimming baths: interior. Photographic postcard, ca. 1906.
  • Coldbath House, Farringdon, London. Wood engraving by [W.H.P.].
  • Baths and laundry in Marshall Street, Soho: elevation above and plans below. Wood engraving, 1861.
  • A seventeenth-century bath-house, or bagnio, at St. Giles, London. Wood engraving.
  • Baths and laundry in Marshall Street, Soho: elevation above and plans below. Wood engraving, 1861.
  • A lady holding a fan in her right hand: an animal jumps out of her wig and bites the barber on the nose, forcing him to wear a black patch. Woodcut and letterpress.
  • St. Pancras baths and washhouses: interior bath, street entrance to the building, superior bath, wringing machine, ironing and drying-room, hot air machine and washing-room. Wood engravings, 1846.
  • St. Pancras baths and washhouses: interior bath, street entrance to the building, superior bath, wringing machine, ironing and drying-room, hot air machine and washing-room. Wood engravings, 1846.
  • Coldbath House. Engraving (by J. Bengo?), 1812.
  • A seventeenth-century bath-house, or bagnio, at St. Giles, London. Wood engraving.
  • The Italian Hospital, Queen Square, London: four interior scenes. Wood engraving after S. Dorand, 1889.
  • The Royal York Baths, Regent's Park, London. Engraving by J. Shury, 1835, after T. H. Shepherd.
  • Russell Institution, Great Coram Street, London: the facade, above, floor plan, below, with a scale of feet. Engraving by J. Le Keux after G. Cattermole, 1824.
  • Russell Institution, Great Coram Street, London: the facade, with passers-by. Engraving by J. Carter after T. H. Shepherd 1828.
  • The Medical Cold Baths, and Fenton's Hotel, St. James's Street, London. Watercolour attributed to T. C. Dibdin.
  • Russell Institution, Great Coram Street, London: the facade, with passers-by. Coloured aquatint, 1811.
  • The Royal York Baths, Regent's Park, London. Engraving by W. R. Smith, 1828, after T. H. Shepherd.
  • Hints designed to promote beneficence, temperance, and medical science. Vol. 1 / [John Coakley Lettsom].
  • Hints designed to promote beneficence, temperance, and medical science. Vol. 1 / [John Coakley Lettsom].
  • Royal Baths : shampooing, Turkish medicated, vapour, sulphur, barege, tepid & shower baths : no. 9, Suffolk Place, Pall Mall East : the original establishment by B. Dominiceti M.D., 1764 is now conducted on the same principles by Mr. Seaman.
  • Crétins and idiots : a short account of the progress of the institutes for their relief and cure / R.T.
  • A futuristic vision: the advance of technology leads to rapid transport, sophisticated tastes among the masses, mechanization, and extravagant building projects. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1829.
  • A futuristic vision: the advance of technology leads to rapid transport, sophisticated tastes among the masses, mechanization, and extravagant building projects. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1829.