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  • The risen Christ breaks bread with two disciples at Emmaus and is recognized by them. Watercolour painting.
  • An episode in Tristram Shandy: Corporal Trim reading a sermon to Mr. Shandy, Uncle Toby, and Doctor Slop. Etching after L. Sterne.
  • A lame man and a blind man go to court; the lawyer eats oysters and gives them the empty shells. Mezzotint, 1779.
  • A Greenwich Pensioner, sitting with his pipe and walking stick. Wood engraving.
  • An old woman sits in a chair after one of her turns, while a younger woman pours her medication. Mezzotint by J. Bromley, 1833, after H. Liverseege.
  • A surgeon treating a patient's foot, in the background another surgeon is examining a patient in a surgery. Lithograph by E. Meyer after A.Brouwer.
  • An old couple are assisted in walking; representing the ninetieth year of life. Engraving by Conrad Meyer, 16---.
  • An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop being introduced to Tristram Shandy's father, who is smoking with a friend in his parlour. Stipple engraving by W. Haines, 1809, after L. Sterne.
  • Cape Coast Castle, Ghana: a blind man is led through the street by a boy. Wood engraving by J.J.
  • An old sailor with wooden leg and a man with no arms drinking in a tavern; below is a song about their seafaring days. Etching by I. Cruikshank, c. 1791.
  • An episode in Samuel Foote's play The devil upon two sticks: the cobbler Emmanuel Last is examined for entry as a licentiate to the Royal College of Physicians by Dr Hellebore, the president of the college. Mezzotint by J. Finlayson after J. Zoffany, 1769.
  • Moses brings forth water with his rod; his people gather the manna dropped from heaven and carry it away. Engraving by G. Bonasone after G.F.M. Mazzola, il Parmigianino, 1546.
  • A sick man in bed, attended by a physician, and surrounded by members of his family weeping and praying. Mezzotint by J.J. Haid after J.P. Haid, 17--.
  • Two episodes in Tristram Shandy: (left) four figures smoking and relaxing in Shandy Hall; (right) the baptism of Tristram. Engraving after W. Hogarth.
  • A physician examining a urine flask of a scantily dressed attractive woman who is in bed surrounded by her mother, lover and servant. Engraving by A.F. David after J.B. Leprince.
  • A French politician as a quack doctor wearing a feathered head-dress, holding a tooth and staff in the air and exclaiming to an audience that it is better to extract than to cure. Colour wood engraving (?) by Lefman after A. Gill, 1873.
  • A bearded dandy admiring the ladies through his monocle on 'Buffers Walk' in the public gardens. Coloured wood engraving by W.H. Harrison.
  • A lame man and a blind man go to court; the lawyer eats oysters and gives them the empty shells. Mezzotint, 1779.