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  • A donkey as a physician taking the pulse of a dying man. Aquatint with etching by F. Goya, ca. 1797.
  • A donkey as a physician taking the pulse of a dying man. Aquatint with etching by F. Goya, ca. 1797.
  • Siam [Thailand]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Siam [Thailand]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Siam [Thailand]. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Agra: Mausoleum of Itmad-ud-Daula, interior view of the dome over the tombs. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Wrestlers. Etching by S.F. Ravenet after R. Dalton, 1744.
  • Lord Brougham applies to John Bull for the position of coachman. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1839.
  • In a room filled with skulls of the famous, the phrenologist Gall examines William Pitt the Younger and Gustavus IV, the King of Sweden, both currently plagued by Napoleon. Coloured etching, 1806.
  • In a room filled with skulls of the famous, the phrenologist Gall examines William Pitt the Younger and Gustavus IV, the King of Sweden, both currently plagued by Napoleon. Coloured etching, 1806.
  • Disraeli leaving Parliament with heavy luggage (war, imperialism, ruin, distress ...) on his shoulders; he is followed by Stafford Northcote. Engraving by W. Dewane, 1880.
  • Theo Heemskerk as an alchemist trying in vain to distill a report from members of a commission set up to reform the constitution of the Netherlands. Line block after J. Braakensiek, 1912.
  • A young dancer trying to escape winged figures with men's heads. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • A young dancer trying to escape winged figures with men's heads. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • Nepal; cremation on the Baghmati river, 1986
  • Two Scotsmen flying on a witch's broomstick from Edinburgh to London; representing Scots usurping the positions of southerners under the government of Lord Bute. Etching by P. Sandby, 1762.
  • Two Scotsmen flying on a witch's broomstick from Edinburgh to London; representing Scots usurping the positions of southerners under the government of Lord Bute. Etching by P. Sandby, 1762.
  • Henry Addington as a medical practitioner bleeding the exhausted John Bull, assisted by other politicians; representing Britain's strength being sapped by nepotism in politics and by war with Napoleon. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1803.
  • Moses parting the Red Sea: British politicians depicted drowning in the sea. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 5 December 1885.
  • Anglo-American research on the human genome, represented by Uncle Sam and John Bull knitting DNA. Scraperboard drawing by Bill Sanderson, 1990.
  • Anglo-American research on the human genome, represented by Uncle Sam and John Bull knitting DNA. Scraperboard drawing by Bill Sanderson, 1990.
  • Anglo-American research on the human genome, represented by Uncle Sam and John Bull knitting DNA. Scraperboard drawing by Bill Sanderson, 1990.
  • The Congress of Berlin: Disraeli as a tooth-drawer, assisted by Queen Victoria, operates on Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire, surrounded by political figures from France, Germany etc. Coloured lithograph by J.J. van Brederode after Jan Steen, 1878.
  • Bethlem Hospital, London: the incurables being inspected by a member of the medical staff, with the patients represented by political figures. Drawing by Thomas Rowlandson, 1789.
  • A triumphant American slave woman representing quassia (ingredient in acoholic drinks) is carried aloft by two brewers; representing the outcry against a tax on private brewing (?). Etching by J. Gillray, 1806.
  • Bartholomew Fair, site of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, pictured in 1721. Aquatint with etching after T. Loggon, c. 1824 (?).
  • Bartholomew Fair, site of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, pictured in 1721. Aquatint with etching after T. Loggon, c. 1824 (?).
  • The assumption of Queen Victoria. Photogravure, 1902, after A. Drummond, 1901.