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  • Christopher Atkinson pilloried as part of his sentence for cheating on the Navy Victualling Board; illustrated by a pillory embellished with sheafs of corn amidst a huge crowd outside the corn exchange. Etching by T. Rowlandson, 1784.
  • A doctor examining an obese man and his wife and servant for suspected food poisoning from toadstools. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1813.
  • The dance of death: the porter's chair. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1816.
  • A Greenwich Pensioner showing the Thornhill decorations in the Painted Hall to a family of visitors. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after [J. N.] Esq, 1807.
  • The dance of death: the chamber war. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1816.
  • A lecherous doctor taking the pulse of an old woman while fondling a young one. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1810.
  • A gouty man seeking comfort in licentious surroundings. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1785.
  • A chemical lecture at the Surrey Institution. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after his drawing, 1809.
  • Death's triumph over a much loved family man; illustrated by a skeletal death figure pulling the hair of the retreating doctor. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1814, after himself.
  • 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.
  • The dance of death: the dram shop. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1816.
  • Patients consulting an obese quack. Aquatint by T. Rowlandson, 1807.
  • Three distillers with streams running from their noses and mouths into a tub of "double rectified spirits". Coloured etching, 1811, after T. Rowlandson.
  • A surgeon bleeding the arm of a young woman: she is being comforted by another woman. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson (?), 1784.
  • A drunken Doctor Drainbarrel is placed in a wheelbarrow and carted home from the inn. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1810.
  • A scholar and/or physician carrying a cane peering at an Egyptian mummy through a pair of eyeglasses. Gouache drawing by Thomas Rowlandson.
  • The dance of death: the churchyard debate. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1816.
  • The dance of death: the antiquary's last will & testament. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1816.
  • Dr. Monro (physician to Bedlam) examining the straight jacketed and dishevelled Charles James Fox; representing the fall of the Coalition. Etching by T. Rowlandson, 1784.
  • The dance of death: the horse race. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1816.
  • The dance of death: Tom Higgins. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1816.
  • Sir Joseph Banks chasing the butterfly called the Emperor of Morocco. Etching attributed to T. Rowlandson, 1788.
  • Margate, Kent: a woman swimming in the sea; in the background people are looking out to sea from cliffs and a beach. Coloured etching, ca. 1800.
  • The Dance of death: frontispiece. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1816.
  • The dance of death: death by drowning. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1816.
  • A man cavorting with a young woman, while his recently deceased wife lies in a coffin in the background. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1802.
  • The dance of death: the nursery. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1816.
  • The dance of death: the family and children. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1816.
  • People watching Richardson's Travelling Theatre on stage. Etching by T. Rowlandson, 1816.
  • Two university teachers walking in a crypt are tripped up and assaulted by students. Coloured etching by Thomas Rowlandson, 1811.