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Schucha, Caucasus: a funeral procession of men holding swords. Wood engraving, ca. 1870.

Animals, including fleas, performing various human activities. Wood engraving by Randon.

St. John's Schools, Liverpool, Merseyside. Wood engraving by Laing, 1850, after B. Sly after Hay.

Carpentry: a lathe, with an assortment of tools for turning, and examples of turned work. Engraving by Louvet after Gallet.

Two doctors discussing a patient who has a fever and a great thirst, the patient overhears and promises to cure the thirst if they can deal with the fever. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1882.

Hanoi, Vietnam: four seated men restrained by the cangue round their necks are being tried for violent crimes by the tribunal of the French resident; armed guards standing by. Wood engraving by H. Thiriat, 1889, after C.E. Hocquard.

Henry Morton Stanley meeting David Livingstone at Ujiji, in Africa. Coloured wood engraving by H. Hall after H.M. Stanley, ca.1872.

A family looking at the view across the sea from the first floor balcony of a boarding house. Wood engraving.

Cemetery of the Innocents in Paris. Wood engraving by F.L. Méaulle, .

Franco-Prussian War: women carrying wounded soldiers to hospital at Ivanitza. Coloured wood engraving by A.H.

Queen's College, Oxford: its buildings in the sixteenth century, before their replacement by neoclassical buildings. Wood engraving by J. Jackson, 1845.

Civil engineering: the pier at Madras, India, built using screw piles (helical piles). Wood engraving, 1863.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey: Miss North's museum. Wood engraving by Hill.

A urus or aurochs. Wood-engraving by T. Bewick, 178-.

St. Thomas's Hospital, Lambeth, seen from the south with the Palace of Westminster in the background. Wood engraving by T. Sulman.

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Queen's College, Oxford: its buildings in the sixteenth century, before their replacement by neoclassical buildings. Wood engraving by J. Jackson, 1845.

Civil engineering: the pier at Madras, India, built using screw piles (helical piles). Wood engraving, 1863.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey: Miss North's museum. Wood engraving by Hill.

A urus or aurochs. Wood-engraving by T. Bewick, 178-.

St. Thomas's Hospital, Lambeth, seen from the south with the Palace of Westminster in the background. Wood engraving by T. Sulman.