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  • Crawford Williamson Long. Wood engraving.
  • A man discovering the physicist Richmann after he has been killed by a bolt of lightning. Wood engraving by O. Jahyer and L. Hotelin after P. Valentin.
  • The Midland and Birmingham institute. Wood engraving by C.W. Sheeres after B. Sly after E.M. Barry.
  • Astronomy: the Aurora Borealis, with a reindeer-drawn sledge in the foreground. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
  • A man who is trying to read being disturbed by a family in conversation. Wood engraving by Swain after F. Barnard.
  • Two Malay men and a woman sit and recline on the floor smoking opium. Wood-engraving, late 19th century.
  • Thomas Wakley. Coloured wood engraving by W. W.
  • Four women and two men swimming near bathing machines. Wood engraving.
  • A barber dressing a man's hair. Wood engraving by C. Maorand (?).
  • New Diocesan Training College, Winchester, Hampshire. Wood engraving by W. Sardue after J. Colson.
  • A tarred and feathered countryman is paraded past crowds in the streets. Wood engraving.
  • New College, Belsize, London. Wood engraving by C.D. Laing after B. Sly, 1851.
  • Stonyhurst College, Stonyhurst, Lancashire: panoramic view. Wood engraving.
  • Ambroise Paré, on the battlefield using a ligature for the artery of an amputated leg of a soldier. Wood engraving by Charles Maurand after E. Morin.
  • Philippe Ricord. Coloured wood engraving (?), 1867, after A. Gill.
  • Bones of the foot. Colour wood engraving with letterpress, 1860/1900?.
  • Execution of a woman in Paris for spreading petroleum. Wood engraving.
  • A seated oriental man being attended by three male servants. Wood engraving.
  • Napoleon Bonaparte touching the bubo of a plague victim at Jaffa in 1799. Coloured wood engraving by Thiébault.
  • Joseph-François Malgaigne. Wood engraving.
  • Baths and laundry in Marshall Street, Soho: elevation above and plans below. Wood engraving, 1861.
  • Khiva, Uzbekistan: a woman being stoned to death and a man being hanged. Wood engraving by J. Huyot after E. Bayard, 1878.
  • Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum, Colney Hatch, Southgate, Middlesex: bird's eye view with detailed floor plan and key. Wood engraving by Laing after Daukes.
  • An itinerant vendor advertising his 'sales show' in a square of town. Wood engraving after F. Gilbert.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor and tooth-drawer with his company, performing operations and offering medicines for sale from a waggon to a crowd of people in Rome. Wood engraving, 1872.
  • Scenes of nurses at St Saviour's Hospital, Regent's Park, London. Wood engraving, 1886.
  • Design for museums at south Kensington. Wood engraving by J. S. Heaviside after B. Sly after R. Kerr, 1864.
  • Men and women are prisoners in cells, one man is being tortured by having the soles of his feet beaten with a stick. Wood engraving after G. Durand.
  • A vicar using sign language to the congregation at a service at a deaf and dumb church. Wood engraving after A.S. Hartick (?).
  • Malvern Wells, Great Malvern, Worcestershire. Wood engraving by W. Radclyffe after W.H. Wood.