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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE 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._

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