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  • Pluto in a chariot snatches Proserpine away from her companions. Mezzotint by J.G. Huck, 1804, after J. Amigoni.
  • Martha Gunn, a Brighton bather holding a small child that she has just saved from drowning. Coloured engraving by W. Nutter, 1797, after J. Russell.
  • Sir Astley Paston Cooper. Mezzotint by S. Cousins, 1830, after Sir T. Lawrence.
  • William of Orange, and Mary, his English wife are presented with the English crown by the Marquis of Halifax. Line engraving by J. Parker after J. Northcote, 1790.
  • Christ raising Lazarus. Engraving by G. Vendramini, 1828, after Sebastiano del Piombo.
  • Mars [Ares] and Venus [Aphrodite]. Engraving by D. Marchetti after G. Tognoli after A. Canova.
  • Princess Charlotte Augusta. Stipple engraving by J.S. Agar after C. Jones, 1814.
  • Pensioners of the Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, celebrating the anniversary of Nelson's victory at Trafalgar. Engraving by J. Burnet, 1836.
  • King George IV when Prince of Wales as Colonel of the tenth Light Dragoons. Photogravure, 1905, after W. Beechey.
  • King George IV, seated in an armchair, holding a glove in his right hand. Mezzotint by J. Bromley after R. Bowyer, 1827.
  • King George IV as a lady's maid wearing an apron over her dress. Etching by William Heath, 1829.
  • King George IV as Prince of Wales, wearing a military uniform and holding a sword. Mezzotint, 1800.
  • King George III sits at a table approached by his son, the Prince of Wales. Engraving, 1770.
  • The Prince of Wales looks from a window of Carlton House at a crowd of people and a woman on a broomstick; George III looks on through a telescope. Coloured etching by "H. Shade" after "Nicholas Lunatic".
  • Queen Charlotte, and George Prince of Wales as an infant seated on her lap. Mezzotint by R. Houston after R. Pile (Pyle) , ca. 1765.
  • A bare-knuckled boxing match between the Prince of Wales and Napoleon, with their supporters including a black man. Coloured etching by Charles Williams, 1815.
  • King George IV as Prince of Wales and Prince Frederick Duke of York, as children. Mezzotint by J. Watson after C. Read, ca. 1770.
  • The gouty George IV using tongs to pass his discarded wig to Wellington; representing the Duke's appointment to office as First Lord of the Treasury. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1828.
  • The funeral of King George IV. Wood engraving with letterpress, 1830.
  • The funeral of King George IV. Wood engraving with letterpress, 1830.
  • Mrs Fitzherbert and George Prince of Wales represented as Adam and Eve standing under the Tree of Knowledge surrounded by the trappings of fashionable pastimes and vices, causing the devil to flee. Etching, 1786.
  • Mrs Fitzherbert and George Prince of Wales represented as Adam and Eve standing under the Tree of Knowledge surrounded by the trappings of fashionable pastimes and vices, causing the devil to flee. Etching, 1786.
  • King William IV holding a scroll of the Magna Carta in his right hand. Mezzotint by D. Lucas after R. Bowyer, 1830.
  • A man and woman dance outside a tavern named after George IV, a man plays a pipe and people sit drinking decorously. Etching by T. Lane (?), 1822, after J. Gillray.
  • King George IV having his gouty foot massaged by his mistress Marchioness of Hertford while his wife Queen Caroline listens in the doorway. Coloured etching, ca. 1820.
  • Queen Adelaide, wife of King William IV, seated; crown in the background. Mezzotint by D. Lucas after R. Bowyer, 1831.
  • Caroline of Brunswick, Princess of Wales, head and shoulders. Stipple print after Cornelius Höÿer, ca. 1795.
  • Queen Caroline, wife of King George IV, head and shoulders in profile. Stipple print by T. Woolnoth after T. Wageman, 1820.
  • Caroline of Brunswick, Princess of Wales, wearing a lavish dress and a high head-dress of feathers. Mezzotint, 1795.
  • The gouty Prince Regent being helped on to his horse by Chinese assistants using an elaborate contraption outside the Chinese pagoda in Kew Gardens. Coloured etching attributed to Charles Williams, 1816.