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  • Crimean War, Balaklava: graves at the harbour. Coloured lithograph by C. Haghe, 1855, after W. Simpson.
  • Sycamore tree (Acer pseudoplatanus L.) in a graveyard near Reading, Berkshire. Soft-ground etching by W. Delamotte, c. 1806, after W. Havell.
  • Hong Kong: the Parsee Cemetery, Happy Valley. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.
  • St Pancras Wells, King's Cross, London: view showing St Pancras church, and the Wells in the background. Engraving by J. Roberts after J.B.C. Chatelain.
  • Sarawak: a ornamented house constructed for the body of a dead tribal chief. Photograph.
  • The crypt of Bow church, containing coffins of London fever victims. Wood engraving by Laing after J. Brown.
  • Crimean War, Cathcart Hill: graves in the fort. Coloured lithograph by E. Walker after W. Simpson.
  • The grave of Benjamin Franklin and Deborah Franklin in Philadelphia. Wood engraving.
  • Castel Sant'Angelo (mausoleum of Hadrian), Rome: as seen from the river. Line engraving by F. Morelli, 1796.
  • Boer War: rows of graves of enteric patients at Intombi, Ladysmith. Halftone, c. 1900, after a photograph.
  • The discovery of the tomb of King Arthur. Stipple engraving by J. Ogborne after J.H. Mortimer.
  • An apothecary weeping at the grave of his late most prosperous and prevalent patient. Coloured aquatint by G.M. Woodward, 1801.
  • Boer War: a cairn to the memory of Colonel Dick Cunyngham, V. C., at Ladysmith. Halftone, c. 1900, after a photograph by J. Wallace Bradley.
  • A young nun digging a grave while another nun sits nearby. Process print after J.E. Millais, 1858-1859.
  • Crimean War, Scutari: hospital and cemetery. Coloured lithograph by J. Needham, 1856, after W. Simpson.
  • The church of Saint Peter-in-the-East, Oxford: section of the chancel and plan of the crypt. Line engraving by J. Basire, 1835, after G. Gwilt, 1818.
  • A Roman tomb at Igel, Luxemburg; people in the foreground, a church in the background. Engraving by E. Rooker after W. Pars, 1774.
  • Auxerre, France: tomb of Paul Bert, covered with wreaths of flowers. Photograph.
  • Crimean War: cemetry on the fort at Cathcart's Hill. Coloured lithograph by C. Haghe, 1855, after W. Simpson.
  • India: the tombstone of Brigadier General Nicholson in a cemetery near Delhi. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.
  • A scene showing alms-giving of food, water, clothes and money; in the midst of this Charity is seen with a Pelican on her head holding a Sacred Heart. Line engraving by H. Cock after P. Bruegel, 1559.
  • Crimean War: quarantine cemetery and church with a French battery. Tinted lithograph by J. Needham, 1856, after W. Simpson.
  • Crimean War, Balaklava: graves at the harbour. Coloured lithograph by F. Jones after W. Simpson.
  • Crimean War, Scutari: burial ground. Coloured lithograph by Dickinson after Precivsi.
  • A young nun digging a grave while another nun sits nearby. Process print after J.E. Millais, 1858-1859.
  • St Pancras Old Church, Pancras Road, London: looking west. Etching by G. Cooke, 1827.
  • St Olave's Grammar School, Southwark. Etching by J. C. Buckler.
  • Abelard and Heloise: monument at the monastery of La Trappe, France. Coloured aquatint by J. Clark, 1818, after W.D. Fellowes.
  • Grave of Alphonse Bertillon. Photograph.
  • Crimean War: the French cemetery. Wood engraving.