The collection contains many extra-illustrated volumes dispersed throughout the Restricted Volumes section of Special Collections on a variety of subjects, as well as a number of categories of portraits of individuals.
These portraits consist of the following categories:
Theatrical: Actors and Actresses, Theatres, Theatrical Scenes.Theatrical: Actors and Actresses, Theatres, Theatrical Scenes.Monuments: Alphabetical order.Monuments: Alphabetical order.Views: Miscellaneous, London, Strawberry Hill.Views: Miscellaneous, London, Strawberry Hill.Kings and Queens: English, French, European, Worldwide.Kings and Queens: English, French, European, Worldwide.Artists: Alphabetic Order.Artists: Alphabetic Order.Criminals: Alphabetic Order.Criminals: Alphabetic Order.Mayors: Alphabetic Order.Mayors: Alphabetic Order.Popes: Alphabetic Order.Popes: Alphabetic Order.Quakers: Alphabetic Order.Quakers: Alphabetic Order.Napoleonic: Alphabetic Order.Napoleonic: Alphabetic Order.Coloured (portraits that are tinted, inked, watercoloured or otherwise coloured): People, Alphabetic Order.Coloured (portraits that are tinted, inked, watercoloured or otherwise coloured): People, Alphabetic Order.English - Images of individuals in English History, Literature, Science and Social Life (more properly could be called British, as it includes Scots, Welsh and Irish): Alphabetic Order, diverse subjects.English - Images of individuals in English History, Literature, Science and Social Life (more properly could be called British, as it includes Scots, Welsh and Irish): Alphabetic Order, diverse subjects.Foreign - Images of individuals in the history of countries that are not, by default, part of the British Isles: Alphabetic Order, diverse subjects.