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  • Shiva begging from Annapurna. Gouache drawing.
  • Convent of the Great St. Bernard, Switzerland/Italy border. Lithograph.
  • The London Workhouse: the street and courtyard facades with a pair of medallions. Engraving by T. Dale after R. Schnebbelie, 1819.
  • The good Samaritan tending the wounds of a half-dead traveller. Mezzotint by R. Robinson.
  • Prince Vessantara offers an elephant to the seven brahmins from Kalinga. Watercolour.
  • The representative of the people of Jetuttara gives alms to the poor in the victualling rooms. Watercolour.
  • University College Hospital, London: the Maternity Hospital and Nurses' home, Huntley Street (subesequently the Rockefeller Building). Photo-lithograph, 1923, after C. A. Farey, 1922.
  • Food being served by charitable ladies to poor women in Paris. Wood engraving by H. Linton after E. Morin.
  • The monastery and hospice, Montserrat, Spain: lame and hungry pilgrims queuing for food. Line engraving by F.B. Lorieux, 1806, after Legier (or Ligier).
  • The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the north, with people in the foreground. Engraving, c. 1764.
  • Charity being handed out in the form of clothes to the poor and needy. Line engraving by L. Audran after S. Bourdon.
  • A Sister of Charity caring for a wounded soldier. Oil painting by A. Beloys, 187-.
  • The master and four governors of the leper asylum at Amsterdam. Photogravure after W. Valckert, 1624.
  • Guy's Hospital, Southwark: the pediment sculpture. Engraving by J. Pass.
  • Hopîtal des Frères de la Charité, Paris: Anne of Austria visiting the charitable work of the monks. Line engraving by A. Bosse.
  • Fashionable London comes to observe Sunday lunch at the Foundling Hospital. Wood engraving by J. Swain, 1872, after H.T. Green.
  • Playground of the Home and Colonial Infant School Society, London. Wood engraving, c. 1840.
  • Boer War: the Princess of Wales at the National Bazaar in aid of war victims, being presented with a bouquet of flowers. Halftone after B. Salmon, 1903.
  • Boer War: soldiers in packed train carriages receive tea from women and children at Gillitts station. Halftone by C.H., 1900, after H. Paget after M. Ellis.
  • A charitable lady visiting a sick man and his family: with a crest. Line engraving by N.J. Voyez, 1773, after C.D.J. Eisen.
  • The Virgin Mary and Christ child with saints (the 'Felicini' altar piece). Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after F. Francia, 1494.
  • An alchemist in his laboratory with his family: to the right they are shown calling at the poorhouse, destitute after the husband's failed experiments. Engraving after P. Bruegel, ca. 1558.
  • The London Workhouse: view of the street facade. Engraving by T. Dale after R. Schnebbelie, 1819.
  • The good Samaritan pouring oils on a wounded half-dead man. Line engraving by P. Casteels after S. Rosa.
  • A woman in fine clothes riding a horse gives a coin to a poor family on a country road tin a mountainous region of England. Etching by F. Bartolozzi and T. Morris after J.J. Barralet.
  • Nursing and charitable acts of the "Soeurs de la Charité" or Sisters of Love; with the alphabet: A-K, T-Z, ab-h. Coloured line engraving.
  • Christmas benefit at University College Hospital, London. Wood engraving after G. Durand, 1874.
  • A rich man and his servant hand out food and alms to the poor and hungry. Etching by A. Chataignier and C. Niquet after V.M. Langlois after D. Teniers the younger.
  • A woman with two small children pleads for alms from a man dressed in a cape and feathered cap. Engraving by C. Heath, 1824 after H. Corbould.
  • Hospital of St. Cross, Winchester, Hampshire: the dole. Wood engraving.