LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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PRINTED IN COLOURS FROM ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS

The Tower of London. From a MS. of the Poems of Charles,
Duke of Orleans. (British Museum, 16 F. ii.)[Frontispiece]
Assault on a Fortress. From a MS. of Boccaccio de Casibus
Virorum et Fœminarum Illustrium. (British Museum, 35321)[26]
Artillery of the Fifteenth Century. From a MS. of the
Chronicles of England. (British Museum, 14 E. iv.)[34]
A Tournament. From a MS. of the Romance of the
Sire Jehan de Saintré. (British Museum, Nero D. ix.)[42]
OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS
1.South Aisle of St. John’s Chapel. From a Drawing by
J. Wykeham Archer. (British Museum)[ 8]
2.Building a Gateway. From a MS. of Le Trésor des
Histoires. (British Museum, Aug. A. v.)[ 8]
3.Men-at-arms Crossing a Drawbridge. From a MS. of
Les Chroniques d’Angleterre. (British Museum, 14 E. iv.)[ 8]
4.Staircase of the White Tower. From a Drawing by
J. Wykeham Archer. (British Museum)[ 8]
5.Indian Elephant and Rhinoceros brought over in 1686.
From a Mezzotint by P. Vander Berge. (Gardner Collection)[ 8]
6.Lions’ Dens in the Tower. From a Drawing made in 1779.
(Gardner Collection)[ 8]
7.The Tower, showing the East Outer Ballium. From a
Drawing by H. Hodge. (Gardner Collection)[16]
8.The Salt Tower, and Part of the Ancient Ballium.
From a Drawing by J. Wykeham Archer. (British Museum)[16]
9.The Prisoners’ Walk. From a Drawing by C. J. Richardson.
(Gardner Collection)[16]
10.The Wakefield Tower. From a Drawing by C. Tomkins.
(British Museum)[16]
11.Traitors’ Gate, from without. From a Drawing by C. Tomkins.
(Gardner Collection)[16]
12.Traitors’ Gate, from within. From an old Engraving[16]
13.Banquet given by Richard II. From a MS. of the
Chronicles of England. (British Museum, 14 E. iv.)[24]
14.An Act of Arms before the King and Queen. From a MS. of the
Romance of Sire Jehan de Saintré. (British Museum, Nero D. ix.)[24]
15.Gateway of the Bloody Tower. From an Engraving by
F. Nash, 1821[24]
16.Queen in a Horse Litter, attended by her Ladies on Horseback.
From a MS. of Froissart’s Chronicles. (British Museum, 18 E. ii.)[24]
17.Vaulted Room in the Crypt of the White Tower, in which the Rack stood.
From a Drawing in the Gardner Collection[40]
18.A Cell in the Bloody Tower. From a Drawing by
J. Wykeham Archer. (British Museum)[40]
19.The Privy Council Chamber in the Lieutenant’s Lodging.
From a Drawing by P. Justyne. (Gardner Collection)[40]
20.A Room in the Beauchamp Tower, with Prisoners’ Inscriptions
on the Walls[40]
21.The Beauchamp Tower and St. Peter’s Chapel. From a
Drawing by P. Justyne. (Gardner Collection)[40]
22.The Lieutenant’s Lodging. From a Drawing by C. J. Richardson.
(Gardner Collection)[40]
23.The Collegiate Church of St. Katharine, looking West.
From an Engraving by J. Carter[40]
24.The Collegiate Church of St. Katharine, looking East.
From an Engraving by B. T. Pouncey[40]
25.The Execution of the Earl of Strafford.
From the Engraving by W. Hollar[80]
26.The Seven Bishops taken to the Tower.
From a Dutch Etching of the time. (Gardner Collection)[80]
27.The South View of the Tower of London.
By Samuel and Nathaniel Buck, 1737[80]
28.The Tower and Old London Bridge. From an Engraving
after J. Maurer, 1746. (Gardner Collection)[80]
29.The Moat. From an Engraving after J. Maurer, 1753.
(Gardner Collection)[96]
30.The Tower and the Mint, from Tower Hill.
From a Drawing by T. S. Boys, 1842[96]
31.The Tower from the Thames. After E. Duncan[96]
32.The City Barges at the Tower Stairs. From a Drawing on stone
by W. Parrott.(Gardner Collection)[96]
Plan of the Tower of London.
From a Drawing made between 1681 and 1689[104]

The numerous subjects drawn from the collection formed by the late Mr. J. E. Gardner are reproduced by kind permission of Mr. E. T. Gardner. The skill of Miss E. A. Ibbs has contributed to the production of the illustrations in colour.

THE TOWER OF LONDON