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  • 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.
  • An underground tunnel with a truck on the track. Wood engraving, 1868.
  • Men hauling excavated soil up a shaft in a bucket suspended from a rope, driven by a steam hoist. Wood engraving, 1868.
  • Workmen fitting metal casings to form an underground tunnel. Wood engraving, 1868.
  • Southwark, London: map of the borough with key. Etching, 1755.
  • A trial journey on the first part of the underground railway in London. Wood engraving, 1862.
  • A panorama of London, looking north from Lambeth. Wood engraving by R. Loudan, before 1870, after T. Sulman.
  • 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.
  • Workmen fitting the metal casings for an underground tunnel. Wood engraving, 1868.
  • 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.
  • Chelsea viewed from the Surrey bank with boats on the river. Engraving.
  • Part of a map of the City of Westminster and the immediate environs. Engraving, 1764.
  • A boat capsized on the Thames leaving three ladies and four men swimming to the shore. Engraving.
  • St Thomas's Hospital, Lambeth: exterior seen from across the Thames. Photograph.
  • St Thomas's Hospital, Lambeth: exterior seen from across the Thames. Photograph.
  • St Thomas's Hospital, Lambeth: exterior seen from across the Thames. Photograph.
  • Greenwich, with London in the distance. Engraving.
  • Chelsea water-works in 1750. Wood engraving by W.H Prior.
  • Chelsea Old Church and bridge: viewed from Battersea on the Surrey bank with boats on the river. Engraving.
  • Saint Thomas's Hospital, Lambeth, viewed from upstream on the Thames, perhaps from Lambeth Bridge. Watercolour by [E. D.], 1887.
  • King James's College, Chelsea: bird's eye view looking south with boats on the river. Engraving by I. Barlow.
  • Building: three trusses from specific London buildings. Etching by W. A. Beever after C. S. Duncan.
  • The Old Church, Chelsea, looking along the bank with luxuriant trees in the centre, boats on the river. Aquatint.
  • Astronomy: a view of London in 1748, with diagrams of an eclipse. Engraving.
  • St. Thomas's Hospital, Lambeth, viewed from the north bank of the Thames. Wood engraving by C. Butterworth & Heath, 1871.
  • The Royal Hospital, Chelsea: viewed from the Surrey bank with boats on the river. Engraving by W. Wallis after himself, 1816.
  • The Chelsea College: aerial view from the north with boats on the river. Engraving by I. Barlow, 1805.
  • A prison ship in the River Thames at Deptford: rowing boats convey prisoners between land and the ship. Engraving by George Cooke after Samuel Prout.