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  • The Thames river, Pangbourne, England: boats by a jetty on the river. Photograph, ca. 1900.
  • St. Thomas' Hospital, London, England: exterior view showing scaffolding on the building and the River Thames in the foreground. Photograph by H. Windsley, 1972.
  • The Thames river, London: a cross-section of the first tunnel under the river, shipping in the river, and Rotherhithe beyond. Engraving by Silvester & Co., ca. 1830.
  • A medical officer examining a ship's crew for bubonic plague on arrival in the Thames. Watercolour drawing by F. de Haenen, 1905, after C.E. Eldred.
  • A medical officer examining a ship's crew for bubonic plague on arrival in the Thames. Watercolour drawing by F. de Haenen, 1905, after C.E. Eldred.
  • A medical officer examining a ship's crew for bubonic plague on arrival in the Thames. Watercolour drawing by F. de Haenen, 1905, after C.E. Eldred.
  • A medical officer examining a ship's crew for bubonic plague on arrival in the Thames. Watercolour drawing by F. de Haenen, 1905, after C.E. Eldred.
  • A panorama of London, looking north from Lambeth. Wood engraving by R. Loudan, before 1870, after T. Sulman.
  • People relaxing at a summer camp on the Thames. Photographic postcard, ca. 1911.
  • People relaxing at a summer camp on the Thames. Photographic postcard, ca. 1911.
  • A map of London, with a scale and north point: from Greenwich to Hammersmith east-west, and from Highgate to Stockwell north-south. Wood engraving by J. Dower after himself, 1862.
  • The Thames at Deptford, with several ships at anchor, men in a rowing-boat in the foreground left. Engraving by J. Royce after J. Oliphant, 1775.
  • Southwark, London: map of the borough with key. Etching, 1755.
  • Part of a map of the City of Westminster and the immediate environs. Engraving, 1764.
  • The Royal Observatory, Greenwich Hill, seen from below. Coloured aquatint after T. H. Shepherd, 1824.
  • London seen from Greenwich park. Engraving by E. and W. Ellis after T. Hearne.
  • Greenwich, with London in the distance. Engraving.
  • Chelsea viewed from the Surrey bank with boats on the river. Engraving.
  • Chelsea water-works in 1750. Wood engraving by W.H Prior.
  • Civil engineering: construction drawings for the Thames Embankment. Coloured drawing, 1865.
  • Civil engineering: construction drawings for the Thames Embankment. Coloured drawing, 1865, after Sir J. Bazalgette.
  • Water-wheel at London Bridge for supplying water from the Thames to the City of London. Engraving, 1749.
  • A plan of the Thames Embankment, from Blackfriars Bridge to Westminster Bridge, with sections at three points. Lithograph by J. R. Jobbins after Sir J. Bazalgette.
  • Civil engineering: one of the piers of the Hungerford Bridge, London. Lithograph.
  • A boat capsized on the Thames leaving three ladies and four men swimming to the shore. Engraving.
  • Bridewell Hospital, as in 1666, seen from the river with ships in the foreground. Wood engraving.
  • Ship-building: side elevation of a salvage boat, showing the river-bed beneath. Engraving by S. Allen, 1846, after W. Raymond.
  • The large waterwheel at the waterworks on London Bridge. Engraving by T. Jefferys.
  • The Old Church, Chelsea, looking along the bank with luxuriant trees in the centre, boats on the river. Aquatint.
  • The church and hospital of Savoy, London: bird's-eye view from Southwark. Engraving by G. Vertue, 1750, after himself, 1736.