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  • The interior of the thermal baths, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. Coloured aquatint by H. L'Evêque, 1814.
  • Metals: interior of a copper and brass works. Aquatint by J. Hill after Pyne & Nattes.
  • Mercury, an agent of the Terror, carries Capucin Chabot naked towards a furnace; recording the turnover of human life during the Terror in the French Revolution. Coloured aquatint, ca. 1794.
  • Thomas Cogan. Aquatint silhouette.
  • A section of diseased intestine. Coloured aquatint by W. Say after F. R. Say for Richard Bright, 1827.
  • Cherry (Prunus species): branch with flowers. Colour aquatint by F. Corsi, 1830, after D. del Pino.
  • A jet of steam on a sulphur mountain, Iceland. Coloured aquatint by J. Clark, 1811, after Sir George Mackenzie.
  • Sikandra, near Agra, Uttar Pradesh: gateway to the mausoleum of the Emperor Akbar. Coloured aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1795.
  • Plum (Prunus species): fruiting branch with sectioned fruit. Coloured aquatint by P. Fumagalli after D. Del Pino, 1822.
  • Palace of Tipu Sultan from the west, Bangalore, Karnataka. Coloured aquatint by H. Merke after James Hunter, 1804.
  • Saint Carlo Borromeo: he gives alms to the plague-victims in Milan. Coloured aquatint by L.A. Garneray, 1820, after Martinet.
  • Men playing draughts in Button's coffee-house ca. 1720 Aquatint by S. Ireland after W. Hogarth.
  • Chang and Eng the Siamese twins, as old men. Aquatint.
  • The three theological virtues: Faith enthroned in the middle; Charity on the left, and Hope on the right. Aquatint.
  • Brick-making: a young woman is pulling a large wheelbarrow full of clay while a boy tips a barrow load into a pug-mill, to which a horse is attached by a yoke. Coloured aquatint with etching after W.H. Pyne, 1805.
  • A woman hides in a cave with a baby in a carry cot as men hunt outside. Coloured aquatint by H. Berthoud after Schnetz.
  • The dance of death: the prisoner discharged. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1816.
  • Radcliffe Camera, Oxford: interior of the library showing study areas. Coloured aquatint by J. Bluck, 1813, after F. Mackenzie.
  • A woman in ragged clothing stands inside a stone niche holding a bowl; representing poverty. Coloured aquatint by H. Shaw, 1843.
  • A young woman watching from a beach while a rowing boat carries a man, waving farewell, to a ship in the distance. Aquatint by J.P.M. Jazet, 1829, after H. Corbould.
  • Henry Cavendish. Aquatint by C. Rosenberg after W. Alexander.
  • A woman is weaving at a loom with a spindle in her hand. Aquatint by C.M. Metz.
  • John Bull as the patient of promotors of competing therapies; representing British parliamentary reform. Aquatint by S. de Wilde, 1809.
  • School of Surgery, Paris: panoramic view. Aquatint.
  • An anatomical dissection of the abdomen of a cadaver, seen in a foreshortened view. Aquatint by R. Perrette, 1904.
  • A dentist looking in horror at the size of the tooth he has just extracted from his grimacing patient. Coloured aquatint.
  • Poor Henry consults a doctor in Salerno about his leprosy: they sit opposite each other in the doctor's study while the doctor explains his remedy. Aquatint by F. Hegi, 1810.
  • A young woman helping another with her toilet while an old woman prays. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/98.
  • Three flowers: a carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) and two large Compositae species. Coloured aquatint by A. Adlard, c. 1838.
  • A woman spoon-feeding a man while he is on the toilet, perhaps as one would a child. Etching by D. Deuchar (?).