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  • A turner's workshop, the crank of a large lathe, the tools ranged around the walls. Engraving by R. Bénard after Lucotte.
  • A girl standing with her arms raised against discordant walls and roofs of brick and tile. Drawing by M. Bishop, 1959.
  • Men sitting or lying on the hillside outside the walls of a city, playing cards. Engraving after P. van Laer (?).
  • A girl standing with her arms raised against discordant walls and roofs of brick and tile. Drawing by M. Bishop, 1959.
  • A mass execution outside the town fortifications while a Christian procession takes place within the town walls. Etching [by Romeyn de Hooghe].
  • The electoral picture gallery at Düsseldorf: paintings on one of the walls in the first gallery. Engraving by C. von Mechel, 1776.
  • Room where Frederick Mockler's collection of Jenneriana was displayed; parts of which are seen on the walls and on the central table. Photograph.
  • Room where Frederick Mockler's collection of Jenneriana was displayed; parts of which are seen on the walls and on the central table. Photograph.
  • Room where Frederick Mockler's collection of Jenneriana was displayed; parts of which are seen on the walls and on the central table. Photograph.
  • A volcanic eruption in Herculaneum (?), showing the advance of lava flow over walls, with Vesuvius visible in the background. Gouache painting, 1861.
  • A turner's workshop, a man working the crank of a large lathe, tools ranged around the walls. Engraving by R. Bénard after Lucotte.
  • Janina, Albania (subsequently Greece): the town seen through a gap in the city walls. Colour lithograph by R. Carrick after G.D. Beresford, 1855.
  • The interior of a pharmaceutical or chemical laboratory with a bench in the centre and books and papers on shelves around the walls. Photograph.
  • A man visiting a health resort is seated in a cubicle and is being sprayed with water coming from the walls. Etching, May 1869.
  • A turner's workshop, a man working the crank of a large lathe, the tools ranged around the walls. Engraving by R. Bénard after Lucotte.
  • The interior of a pharmaceutical or chemical laboratory with a bench in the centre and books and papers on shelves around the walls. Photograph.
  • Turning: a turner's workshop, a man working the crank of a large lathe, tools ranged around the walls. Engraving by R. Bénard after Lucotte.
  • Lourdes, France: the grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes: crutches left behind by pilgrims, amassed on the walls of the cave. Photograph, ca. 1937.
  • A man visiting a health resort is seated in a cubicle and is being sprayed with water coming from the walls. Etching, May 1869.
  • Antioch, Turkey: remains of the old walls of the city, following the slope of a mountain. Engraving by J.B. Liénard after L.F. Cassas.
  • A man is having his hair cut in a barber's shop, other men are sitting on the ground and walls outside. Chromolithograph by C. Werner.
  • Santa Maria della Concezione, Rome: skulls and skeletons of the friars arranged in arches and columns around the walls of the Convento dei Cappuccini. Photograph.
  • Beijing, China: walls running from the Anting Gate, after capture by the English and French armies during the Second China War. Photograph by Felice Beato, 1860.
  • Everyday life at Greenwich Hospital: Pensioners filing past the serving tables in the west kitchen, vats and ranges against the walls. Wood engraving by M. Jackson.
  • Wounded foreigners outside the city walls being picked up by French soldiers and taken to a guarded fortress. Coloured lithograph by G. Engelmann after H. Lecomte, 1820.
  • Three men are working at making metal objects such as bowls, spoons, goblets and jugs, some tools of their trade are hanging on the walls. Coloured etching.
  • Six men are working with combs, irons and brushes as they make hats of various descriptions, some tools of their trade are hanging on the walls. Coloured etching.
  • The British Museum: working-class people attending a guided tour and looking at exhibits of English history in glass cases and on the walls. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1843.
  • Two men are in a workshop making wooden objects such as rolling-pins, wooden balls and skittles, some tools of their trade are hanging on the walls. Coloured etching.
  • Three men work near an open fire on anvils with hammers making nails and pins of various sizes, some tools of their trade hang on the walls. Coloured etching.