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Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats, including the paddle steamer "Diamond" heading downriver, in the foreground. Engraving by J. Watkins, 1843.

Engineering: section through the hull of an ironclad battleship. Engraving, c.1861.

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.

The ship carrying the plague arrives in another country. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.

Ship-building: elevations and long section of a ship-board steam engine. Engraving.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships, rowing boats, reeds and mooring posts in the foreground, seen from the Isle of Dogs. Coloured engraving by P. Audinet, 1798, after E. Dayes, 1797.

Saint Thomas's Hospital, Lambeth, viewed from the north bank of the Thames. Wood engraving.

Army physicians vaccinating soldiers below decks on the SS. Bathhurst. Process print by C. Henschel after a drawing by C. Staniland after A. Cox.

Civil engineering: the Conway box girder bridge, viewed from entrance level. Coloured lithograph by G. Hawkins after himself.

A ward on the top deck of a hospital ship with patients standing or sitting by their beds. Engraving.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats, including the Royal Barge [?], in the foreground. Engraving.

Singapore: view along the beach by Singlap. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.

Monument to Sir John Franklin in the Painted Hall at Greenwich Hospital. Wood engraving after R. Westmacott, 1859.

Crimean War: showing the strait Bosphorus and the hospital at Scutari, Turkey. Process print.

Rats at a port. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.

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Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats, including the Royal Barge [?], in the foreground. Engraving.

Singapore: view along the beach by Singlap. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.

Monument to Sir John Franklin in the Painted Hall at Greenwich Hospital. Wood engraving after R. Westmacott, 1859.

Crimean War: showing the strait Bosphorus and the hospital at Scutari, Turkey. Process print.

Rats at a port. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.