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  • Christ's Hospital, London: one of the boys standing beside a table, his hand on some books, the exterior of the New Hall behind. Colour lithograph after J. Cristall.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, the Lord Mayor of London disembarking, greeted by the Governor [?], with rowing boats and barges to the left. Engraving by V. Woodthorpe, 1804, after E. F. Burney.
  • Fashionable London comes to observe Sunday lunch at the Foundling Hospital. Wood engraving by J. Swain, 1872, after H.T. Green.
  • A Greenwich pensioner, filling a pipe with tobacco, a tankard of ale at his elbow. Engraving by J. Jenkins after M. W. Sharp.
  • Everyday life at Greenwich Hospital: left, Pensioners in one of the wards, right, inside one of the "cabbins". Wood engravings by M. Jackson, 1865.
  • A fashionable mother wearing a dress with slits across the breasts in order to feed her baby before she dashes off to the carriage waiting outside. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1796.
  • The London Fever Hospital, Liverpool Road, Islington: two nurses and a patient [?] in front of a guarded fire. Watercolour painting by Nurse Flower, 1891.
  • The blind school, Southwark. Coloured engraving, 1813.
  • Characters from the play 'The chosen people' (The Jews, Evrei), at the Avenue Theatre. Pen drawing by A.S. Boyd, 1925.
  • Pensioners of the Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, and others, celebrating the destruction of the Russian navy. Coloured lithograph, 1855.
  • A military dental surgery where soldiers have their teeth extracted extremely quickly, whilst others are waiting for their operations. Pen drawing by H. Bury.
  • A military dental surgery where soldiers have their teeth extracted extremely quickly, whilst others are waiting for their operations. Pen drawing by H. Bury.
  • A family portrait in a photographic studio.
  • A Greenwich Pensioner, leaning back against a wooden fence, a gnarled stick in his hands. Lithograph.
  • Fishmongers' Hall, Thames Street, London: the entrance to the hall, with elaborate allegorical carving above the doors, two fashionable ladies, a scholar and a coal-heaver in the street. Engraving by J. Greig after T. H. Shepherd, 1830.
  • A Greenwich Pensioner recounting his exploits to a small boy, showing him a print called "The blowing up of the Orient": his mother and a print pedlar (?) look on. Engraving by T. Holles, 1845, after E. M. Ward.
  • The death of General Wolfe, at Quebec, in the background are soldiers and ships. Engraving by J. Rogers after B. West, the elder, 1770.
  • The death of General Sir John Moore at Corunna: he is supported by a Highlander as Hardinge hastens to help him, in the background more soldiers. Engraving after J. Trumbull.
  • A Greenwich Pensioner showing the Thornhill decorations in the Painted Hall to a family of visitors. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after [J. N.] Esq, 1807.
  • 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.
  • The bureau of wet nurses in Paris - wet nurses waiting to be selected. Aquatint after C. Brocas, 1822.
  • 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.
  • Greenwich Pensioners variously sitting or standing in the colonnade of the "Helpless ward" at Greenwich Hospital. Lithograph by S. Rayner.
  • A tooth-drawer dressed in military uniform extracting a tooth from a sailor who is being supported by another man. Coloured lithograph by G.L. (?).
  • Naval officers and men on a ship, dressed in the uniform of nine labelled ranks of the Royal Navy. Wood engraving.
  • Greenwich Pensioners variously sitting or standing in the colonnade of the "Helpless ward" at Greenwich Hospital. Lithograph by S. Rayner.
  • Three uniformed German army officers conversing on a balcony in Holstein. Coloured lithograph, c.1870.
  • A young physician in military uniform applying an instrument to a woman's neck, while an older man with papers in hand is watching him. Drawing by O. Gerlach.
  • The London Hospital, Whitechapel: King Edward VIII and Queen Alexandra in the Finsen Light room. Process print after a drawing by A. Forestier, c.1903.
  • The death of General Wolfe, at Quebec, in the background are soldiers and ships. Engraving by N. de Launay, after B. West, 1770.