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  • The Bombay plague epidemic of 1896-1897: work of the Bombay Plague Committee. Photographs attributed to Capt. C. Moss, 1897.
  • The plague of Florence, 1348; an episode in the Decameron by Boccaccio. Etching by L. Sabatelli the elder after G. Boccaccio.
  • The Bombay plague epidemic of 1896-1897: work of the Bombay Plague Committee. Photographs attributed to Capt. C. Moss, 1897.
  • The five members of the Bombay Plague Committee, three sitting, two standing. Photograph attributed to Captain C. Moss, 1897.
  • Episodes in the plague in Rome in 1656-1657. Etching.
  • Saint Carlo Borromeo administering communion to victims of the plague in Milan of 1576. Line engraving by F. de Poilly after P. Mignard.
  • Emperor Hirohito of Japan. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • Government soldiers cleansing by fire the plague-ridden village of Vietlanka, Astrakhan in 1879. Reproduction of a wood engraving by D. Vierge.
  • The plague spreads to America. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • People suffering from the plague in Jerusalem. Wood engraving by J. Huyot after G. Doré.
  • The Bombay plague epidemic of 1896-1897: work of the Bombay Plague Committee. Photographs attributed to Capt. C. Moss, 1897.
  • Rats overunning a dilapidated house, spreading the plague. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • The plague of the Israelites. Engraving by E.G. Petit, 172-, after P. Mignard.
  • Bombay plague epidemic, 1896-1897: interior of a plague hospital. Photograph attributed to Clifton & Co.
  • Regensburg (Ratisbon), Bavaria, Germany: bird's eye view of the town with an ornamental frame showing scenes from the plague. Etching by J.A. Fridrich with printed text.
  • The Bombay plague epidemic of 1896-1897: work of the Bombay Plague Committee. Photographs attributed to Capt. C. Moss, 1897.
  • The Bombay plague epidemic of 1896-1897: work of the Bombay Plague Committee. Photographs attributed to Capt. C. Moss, 1897.
  • The Bombay plague epidemic of 1896-1897: work of the Bombay Plague Committee. Photographs attributed to Capt. C. Moss, 1897.
  • The Bombay plague epidemic of 1896-1897: work of the Bombay Plague Committee. Photographs attributed to Capt. C. Moss, 1897.
  • New York seen through the porthole of an arriving ship, bringing the plague. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • Passengers on a ship undergoing quarantine examination during the Egyptian cholera epidemic of 1883. Wood engraving, 1883.
  • The plague of Florence, 1348; an episode in the Decameron by Boccaccio. Etching by L. Sabatelli the elder after G. Boccaccio.
  • Robert Koch and Richard Pfeiffer working in a laboratory, investigating the plague in Bombay. Photograph attributed to Captain C. Moss, 1897.
  • The Bombay plague epidemic of 1896-1897: work of the Bombay Plague Committee. Photographs attributed to Capt. C. Moss, 1897.
  • A street scene in a European city, prior to the arrival of plague. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • A figure dressed in a cholera safety suit. Coloured etching after J. Petzl (?), ca. 1832.
  • The Bombay plague epidemic of 1896-1897: work of the Bombay Plague Committee. Photographs attributed to Capt. C. Moss, 1897.
  • The Bombay plague epidemic of 1896-1897: work of the Bombay Plague Committee. Photographs attributed to Capt. C. Moss, 1897.
  • The plague in Winterthur in 1328. Lithograph by A. Corrodi, 1860.
  • An American soldier prepared for battle in a desolate landscape; analogous to the fight against plague. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.