diff --git a/docs/sphinx/itemToModuleMap.json b/docs/sphinx/itemToModuleMap.json
index f882f70d..3bbb310c 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx/itemToModuleMap.json
+++ b/docs/sphinx/itemToModuleMap.json
@@ -1183,6 +1183,7 @@
 "GBSpan":"wx.",
 "GCDC":"wx.",
 "GDIObject":"wx.",
+"GIFHandler":"wx.",
 "GLCanvas":"wx.glcanvas.",
 "GLContext":"wx.glcanvas.",
 "GREEN":"wx.",
@@ -1670,6 +1671,7 @@
 "ID_ZOOM_FIT":"wx.",
 "ID_ZOOM_IN":"wx.",
 "ID_ZOOM_OUT":"wx.",
+"IFFHandler":"wx.",
 "IMAGELIST_DRAW_FOCUSED":"wx.",
 "IMAGELIST_DRAW_NORMAL":"wx.",
 "IMAGELIST_DRAW_SELECTED":"wx.",
@@ -1796,6 +1798,7 @@
 "JOY_BUTTON3":"wx.",
 "JOY_BUTTON4":"wx.",
 "JOY_BUTTON_ANY":"wx.",
+"JPEGHandler":"wx.",
 "Joystick":"wx.adv.",
 "JoystickEvent":"wx.",
 "KILL_ACCESS_DENIED":"wx.",
@@ -2536,6 +2539,7 @@
 "PAPER_TABLOID_EXTRA":"wx.",
 "PB_SMALL":"wx.",
 "PB_USE_TEXTCTRL":"wx.",
+"PCXHandler":"wx.",
 "PD_APP_MODAL":"wx.",
 "PD_AUTO_HIDE":"wx.",
 "PD_CAN_ABORT":"wx.",
@@ -2741,10 +2745,12 @@
 "PG_VFB_SHOW_MESSAGE_ON_STATUSBAR":"wx.propgrid.",
 "PG_VFB_STAY_IN_PROPERTY":"wx.propgrid.",
 "PG_WINDOW_STYLES":"wx.propgrid.",
+"PNGHandler":"wx.",
 "PNG_TYPE_COLOUR":"wx.",
 "PNG_TYPE_GREY":"wx.",
 "PNG_TYPE_GREY_RED":"wx.",
 "PNG_TYPE_PALETTE":"wx.",
+"PNMHandler":"wx.",
 "POPUP_WINDOW":"wx.",
 "PORTRAIT":"wx.",
 "PORT_BASE":"wx.",
@@ -5746,6 +5752,8 @@
 "TE_RICH2":"wx.",
 "TE_RIGHT":"wx.",
 "TE_WORDWRAP":"wx.",
+"TGAHandler":"wx.",
+"TIFFHandler":"wx.",
 "TILE":"wx.",
 "TIMER_CONTINUOUS":"wx.",
 "TIMER_ONE_SHOT":"wx.",
@@ -6261,6 +6269,7 @@
 "XML_PI_NODE":"wx.xml.",
 "XML_TEXT_NODE":"wx.xml.",
 "XOR":"wx.",
+"XPMHandler":"wx.",
 "XRCCTRL":"wx.xrc.",
 "XRCID":"wx.xrc.",
 "XRC_NO_RELOADING":"wx.xrc.",
diff --git a/etg/image.py b/etg/image.py
index 1895a8f4..e2ff3896 100644
--- a/etg/image.py
+++ b/etg/image.py
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ DOCSTRING = ""
 ITEMS  = [ 'wxImage',
            'wxImageHistogram',
            'wxImageHandler',
+           'wxTIFFHandler',
+           'wxGIFHandler',
+           "wxIFFHandler",
+           "wxJPEGHandler",
+           "wxPCXHandler",
+           "wxPNGHandler",
+           "wxPNMHandler",
+           "wxTGAHandler",
+           "wxXPMHandler"
            #'wxQuantize',
            #'wxPalette',
            ]
@@ -574,6 +583,56 @@ def run():
     c.find('DoGetImageCount').ignore(False)
     c.find('DoCanRead').ignore(False)
 
+    #-------------------------------------------------------
+    # tweak for GIFHandler
+    # need to include anidecod.h, otherwise use of forward declared class
+    # compilation errors will occur.
+    c = module.find('wxGIFHandler')
+    c.find('DoCanRead').ignore(False)
+
+    module.addHeaderCode("#include <wx/anidecod.h>")
+    module.addItem(tools.wxArrayWrapperTemplate('wxImageArray', 'wxImage', module))
+
+    #-------------------------------------------------------
+    # tweak for IFFHandler
+    c = module.find('wxIFFHandler')
+    c.find('DoCanRead').ignore(False)     
+    
+    #-------------------------------------------------------
+    # tweak for JPEGHandler
+    c = module.find('wxJPEGHandler')
+    c.find('DoCanRead').ignore(False)
+
+    #-------------------------------------------------------
+    # tweak for PCXHandler
+    c = module.find('wxPCXHandler')
+    c.find('DoCanRead').ignore(False)
+
+    #-------------------------------------------------------
+    # tweak for PNGHandler
+    c = module.find('wxPNGHandler')
+    c.find('DoCanRead').ignore(False)
+
+    #-------------------------------------------------------
+    # tweak for PNMHandler
+    c = module.find('wxPNMHandler')
+    c.find('DoCanRead').ignore(False)
+
+    #-------------------------------------------------------
+    # tweak for TGAHandler
+    c = module.find('wxTGAHandler')
+    c.find('DoCanRead').ignore(False)
+
+    #-------------------------------------------------------
+    # tweak for TIFFHandler
+    c = module.find('wxTIFFHandler') 
+    c.find('GetLibraryVersionInfo').ignore() 
+    c.find('DoCanRead').ignore(False) 
+
+    #-------------------------------------------------------
+    # tweak for XPMHandler
+    c = module.find('wxXPMHandler')
+    c.find('DoCanRead').ignore(False)
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/ext/wxWidgets b/ext/wxWidgets
index 8df55d69..74605c8e 160000
--- a/ext/wxWidgets
+++ b/ext/wxWidgets
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 8df55d69ddc11f8cfda6578256afdf5ad53f08b6
+Subproject commit 74605c8e0ea01a87ba233d40e93e5a1871b5f918
diff --git a/unittests/test_image.py b/unittests/test_image.py
index d18ceaef..f06f5bac 100644
--- a/unittests/test_image.py
+++ b/unittests/test_image.py
@@ -260,6 +260,38 @@ class image_Tests(wtc.WidgetTestCase):
         imghndlr = TestImageHandler()
         wx.Image.AddHandler(imghndlr)
 
+    def test_imageHandlerStandardDerivations(self):
+        # checks that all of the standard wx derivations are available.
+        wx.GIFHandler()
+        wx.IFFHandler()
+        wx.JPEGHandler()
+        wx.PCXHandler()
+        wx.PNGHandler()
+        wx.PNMHandler()
+        wx.TGAHandler()
+        wx.TIFFHandler()
+        wx.XPMHandler()
+
+    def test_imageHandlerStandardDerivationsDerivation(self):
+        for cls in (wx.GIFHandler, wx.IFFHandler, wx.JPEGHandler,
+                    wx.PCXHandler, wx.PNGHandler, wx.PNMHandler,
+                    wx.TGAHandler, wx.TIFFHandler,wx.XPMHandler):
+
+            class TestImageHandler(cls):
+                def __init__(self):
+                    cls.__init__(self)
+                    ext = cls.__name__.replace("Handler", "")
+                    self.Name = "%s File" % ext
+                    self.Extension = ext
+                    self.MimeType = 'image/ext'
+
+                    self.Type = getattr(wx, "BITMAP_TYPE_%s" % ext)
+
+                def DoCanRead(self, stream):
+                    return True
+
+            imghndlr = TestImageHandler()
+            wx.Image.AddHandler(imghndlr)
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------