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  • A midnight race on the Mississippi: two paddle steamers, the 'Lincoln' and the 'Davies' on the river at night. Colour lithograph, 1871.
  • A midnight race on the Mississippi: two paddle steamers, the 'Lincoln' and the 'Davies' on the river at night. Colour lithograph, 1871.
  • Ship-building: plan and side elevation of a paddle-steamer (top), and the steam engine (below). Engraving.
  • Lake George, New York: the Horicon paddle-steamer showing a clear reflection in the water. Photograph, ca. 1880.
  • The Lachine Rapids, St. Lawrence River, Canada: a paddle steamer negotiates the waters. Photograph by Notman & Sandham, 1878.
  • Ship-building: long and short sections (top), and plan and side elevation (below) of a paddle-steamer. Engraving by J. Pass, 1827.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats, including the paddle steamer "Diamond" heading downriver, in the foreground. Engraving by J. Watkins, 1843.
  • Roundhay Park, Leeds: the balloon 'Roundhay' flies above the park; a paddle-steamer takes passengers across the lake; in the foreground, a cascade. Coloured lithograph.
  • Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including a flogging, a mob by the Palace of Westminster [?], a soldier being cashiered, and a paddle-steamer exploding on the Nile. Coloured lithograph, [c.1844?].
  • Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including a mob by the Palace of Westminster [?], a mob being addressed by an orator, and a paddle-steamer blowing up on the Nile. Coloured lithograph, [c.1844?].
  • Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including a mob by the Palace of Westminster [?], a mob being addressed by an orator in the City of London, and a paddle-steamer blowing up. Coloured lithograph, [c.1844?].
  • Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including a mob by the Palace of Westminster [?], a mob being addressed by an orator in the City of London, and a paddle-steamer blowing up. Coloured lithograph, [c.1844?].
  • Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including rural deprivation, a mob by the Palace of Westminster [?], a mob being addressed by an orator in the City of London, and a paddle-steamer on the Nile. Coloured lithograph, [c.1844?].
  • A steamer designed to carry a train across the English Channel. Wood engraving.
  • Crimean War: showing the strait Bosphorus and the hospital at Scutari, Turkey. Process print.
  • Saint Thomas's Hospital, Lambeth, seen from the south with the Palace of Westminster in the background. Wood engraving after T. Sulman.
  • St. Thomas's Hospital, Lambeth, viewed from the north bank of the Thames. Wood engraving by C. Butterworth & Heath, 1871.
  • H.M.S. Dreadnought, a hospital ship, being towed to the breakers by tugs. Wood engraving by T. Williams, November 1872.
  • Sick and wounded boarding the steamer "Canton", China. Wood engraving, 1858.
  • H.M.S. Dreadnought, a hospital ship, being towed to the breakers by tugs. Wood engraving by T. Williams, November 1872.
  • Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York City. Wood engraving.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground. Engraving.
  • H.M.S. Dreadnought, a hospital ship, being towed from Greenwich to Chatham by tugs. Wood engraving by J. Greenaway, with letterpress and view of St Paul's Cathedral in title area, 1872.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships, rowing boats, and mudlarks [?], in the foreground. Engraving.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats, including the Royal Barge [?], in the foreground. Engraving.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, from the Isle of Dogs, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground, viewed from a distance up river. Coloured engraving by W. Henshall after C. Campion.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground. Engraving by W. Sharpe after W. and F. J. Havell.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships, rowing boats and a buoy in the foreground. Coloured wood engraving.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground. Etching by A. Ballin.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground. Coloured engraving by Chavanne after Read.