Tower — William Harrison Ainsworth / W.H. Ainsworth

The Duke of Orleans a Prisoner in the Tower. (F rom a MS. in the British Museum) .... Frontispiece PHOTOGRAVURE PLATES PAGET he Tower. (F rom a sketch by H. Colls) i Plan of the Tower in 1597, by Haiward and Gascoyne .6 The Byward Tower ...... 8P ostern Gate in the Byward Tower .. ..10 Yeoman Porter of the Tower, bearing his emblem of office .12 The Wakefield and Bloody Towers .. .. 14 Traitor s Gate, time of George III. .. ..16 The Bloody Tower, looking towards Traitor s Gate .. 20 Groining in Ceiling of the Bloody Tower .. .22 The Council Chamber in the Governor s House .. 26 Prison in the Governor s House ..... 28 The Beauchamp Tower ...... 30 Prison in the Beauchamp Tower .. ..32 Prison Chamber in the Beauchamp Tower ... 34 Interior of St Peter s Chapel ..... 36 Monument of Sir Richard Cholmondeley and his Wife, in StP eter s Chapel ...... 40 Tomb of the Blunt Family in StP eter s Chapel .. 42 Stone Staircase in the White Tower .... 54 Interior of St John s Chapel ..... 58 Horse and Foot Armour (xvith Century) ... 64 German Armour (xvith Century) .... 66 Nuremberg Armour (xvith Century)
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