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  • Marsh mallow plant (Althaea officinalis): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1906.
  • Above, diagonals; below, a war memorial in the form of a Celtic cross. Watercolour by M. Bishop, ca. 1976.
  • Bones of the cheek: side view of the temporal, schenoid and malar bones. Pencil and watercolour drawing by J.C. Whishaw, 1852.
  • Boer War: wounded soldiers being escorted off the hospital train at Durban from Ladysmith. Watercolour by F. Dadd, 1899.
  • Black Greek drinking cups; left, shallow cup with horizontal handles; middle, tall cup with horizontal handles (kotyle); right, cup with vertical handles. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • A male dwarf. Watercolour painting.
  • Burma: a lady attended by a servant bringing an elephant and another servant holding a parasol. Watercolour.
  • A girl in a purple dress seated in the dark in front of a lighted fire, bows down with her hands crossed. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1973.
  • Three flowering plants, including coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara), common rue (Ruta graveolens), and a legume. Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • Two white roses, in a still-life. Watercolour by J.D.(?), 1885.
  • Chinese lantern (Physalis alkekengi): fruiting stem. Watercolour by B. Bird.
  • Five plants, possibly pinks (Dianthus species): flowering stems. Watercolour.
  • An European man relaxing and reading a book in a palkee carried by four men. Watercolour by an Indian artist.
  • A man from Rossano in Calabria playing the bagpipes. Watercolour.
  • A climbing leguminous plant: leafy stem with pods. Watercolour.
  • Alchemical devices. Watercolour after George Ripley.
  • An orchid (Cattleya mossiae): flower and leaf. Watercolour, 1899.
  • A nurse (matron?) wagging her finger in displeasure. Watercolour by M. Bishop, ca. 1959.
  • A diseased penis. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 1856.
  • A woman who has fallen down a well being rescued by a man praying to Sansovino's Virgin and Child. Watercolour.
  • A fungus (Agaricus laevis): three fruiting bodies. Watercolour by E. Wheeler, 1893.
  • A Chinese man lighting a pipe. Watercolour.
  • Four acrobats. Watercolour, 18--.
  • Diana of the Ephesians (Ephesian Artemis). Watercolour painting.
  • Dissection of the trunk: side view, showing the bones and muscles, with small pencil sketches of a nude in various poses. Ink and watercolour with laminated flaps, 18--.
  • Leprosy: nodules on an Indian woman's face: a head and shoulders portrait in profile. Watercolour by E. Schwarz, 1920/1950 (?).
  • St Pancras Smallpox Hospital, London: housed in a tented camp at Finchley. Watercolour by F. Collins, 1881.
  • Above, red-figured Greek vessel used for transporting wine (transport amphora); below, detail of decoration showing two seated men, holding a sceptre, a dish a wreaths of flowers. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • (Left) a red bird biting a purple flower; (right) purple diagonals with red dots. Watercolour by M. Bishop, ca. 1977.
  • Concentric circles representing an eye. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1968.