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  • Britannia and her lion are begging on a bench on the Thames Embankment, impoverished by proposed Liberal reforms; beyond, the Palace of Westminster in ruins. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 28 November 1891.
  • India: a ruined building. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.
  • A tower at Nakhon Thom [Angkor Thom], Cambodia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.
  • The three kings bring offerings to the infant Jesus. Engraving by N. Dorigny after C. Maratta.
  • India: the ruins of Sammy House surrounded by scattered bones of sepoys killed in action. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.
  • An old man and a boy kneeling before a tombstone in a dilapidated ruin. Line engraving with etching.
  • A large goose, with three golden eggs: numbered circles printed on the body of the goose for playing the game of goose. Coloured engraving.
  • India: a ruined mosque near the 'Cusom House' battery. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.
  • Fairhill, the house of Joseph Priestley in Sparkbrook, Birmingham, after its destruction by rioters. Aquatint by W. Ellis after P.H. Witton, 1792.
  • The mystic marriage of Catherine of Alexandria and the infant Christ. Etching by C. Bouzonnet Stella after F. Lauri.
  • India: a ruined street showing the house in which the king was confined. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.
  • The baths of Caracalla, Rome. Pen and ink drawing.
  • A dilapidated building with an apse, a gable and a bell-tower. Etching, 1819.
  • Men sitting to smoke by the citadel of Jerusalem. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe after D. Roberts, 1841.
  • Baths of Caracalla, Rome: the water heating system. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, 1756.
  • Men resting their camels and smoking by Jacob's Well at Shechem, Palestine. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe after D. Roberts, 1839.
  • Partly ruined buildings in Ostia identified as a tavern or hot-food shop (thermopolium) from the 3rd century AD: a fresco depicting vegetables, wine and fruit, seen from the front; marble steps descend below. Photograph after G.E. Chauffourier, 1928.
  • Men talking and smoking by the ruined Temple of Amun at Thebes. Coloured lithograph, c. 1849, by L. Haghe after D. Roberts.
  • India: ruins of the 'Cashmere Gate' at a water bastion near Delhi. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.
  • The ruins of the priory of St. Mary Overie, Southwark: a stone wall and timber framework. Coloured engraving, 1791.
  • Nakhon Thom [Angkor Wat], Cambodia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.
  • A tower at Nakhon Thom [Angkor Thom], Cambodia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Partly ruined buildings in Ostia identified as a tavern or hot-food shop (thermopolium) from the 3rd century AD: a fresco depicting vegetables, wine and fruit, seen from the front; marble steps descend below. Photograph.
  • Jerusalem: men smoking and praying with a view to the mosque of Omar. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe, c. 1841, after D. Roberts.
  • The adoration of the shepherds at the birth of Christ in the presence of John the Baptist and Saint Elizabeth. Engraving after L. Lombard (?).
  • Lincluden Abbey, Dumfries, Scotland. Line engraving by W. Byrne and T. Medland , 1782, after T. Hearne.
  • Bridewell Hospital: part of the courtyard with ruins on the right. Wood engraving by W. Hughes.
  • Royal College of Physicians, Warwick Lane, London. Watercolour painting of the demolition by G.F.B., 1887.
  • Tobias and the angel stroll through a classical landscape. Mezzotint by B. Lens.
  • The Virgin Mary with angels and Saint John the Evangelist, Saint Nicholas of Tolentino and Saint Euphemia. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after S. Cantarini.