THE ANCIENT ALTAR OF THE ABBEY, now in the South Aisle, with Pilgrims ARCHER. SOPWELL NUNNERY in Ruins, with the Abbey Church in the background... SARGENT. GRAND ENTRANCE TO THE ABBEY CHURCH from the West, with the Distri bution of Alms in the Cemetery PRIOR. WHIMPER. 108 INTERIOR OF THE LADY CHAPEL-showing the public thoroughfare through the Outer Chapel ARMS OF THE MONASTERY OF ST. ALBANS HERMAN. COOK. 110 STEEL PLATE.-INTERIOR OF THE ROYAL HALL OF ELTHAM, with the Banquet given to King John of France, by Edward the Third........................... ANCIENT BRIDGE ACROSS THE MOAT, the Approach to Eltham Hall..... ELTHAM HALL, from the North-east-showing the Entrance, Double Win- SCREEN IN ELTHAM HALL-with the Entrance-door in the Centre, and Orches- Hall on the right, and Shooter's Hill in the background....................... ROCHESTER CASTLE, with the Outer Walls, taken from the South-east end of THE DONJON; or GUNDULPH'S TOWER-showing the Entrance from the South... SARGENT. HERMAN. ROCHESTER CASTLE. The Siege by King John, A.D. 1215.. SARGENT. WHIMPER. 143 THE BATTLEMENTS OF THE MAIN TOWER-showing Arcades on the right, where the Castle Chapel is supposed to have been.... ARCHWAY, with View into the Tilting Yard................................. WHIMPER. 149 SMALL TOWER OF THE CASTLE-showing the thickness of the Outer Walls...... PRIOR. cient Portcullis. View taken from the Entrance, looking Westward...... PRIOR. THE STATE PRISON in Rochester Castle; as it is, and as it was........................ PRIOR. STATE APARTMENTS IN THE CASTLE-showing the Norman Architecture......... ROCHESTER CASTLE BY MOONLIGHT-with the supposed Secret Entrance from SARGENT. WEST GALLERY OF ROCHESTER CASTLE-showing the Interior, with the Norman workmanship....... THE CASTLE PRISON. Entrance to the Dungeon, with Staircase and Archway PRIor. THE SOUTH CHANCEL, with the Tombs, Shrines-scene after the Battle..... SARGENT. FUNERAL PROCESSION TO ST. FAITH'S CHAPEL. Burial of Hugh, a Mercian THE CHAPTER-HOUSE OF TEWKESBURY-now the Grammar School.................. PRIOR. EAST END OF THE CHANCEL. Behind the Altar Screen. In Ecclesia nostra de Theokesberye, &c. A.D. M.CC.XXX............................................ PORTRAIT OF George, Duke of CLARENCE. From the Brit. Mus................... THE ANCIENT GATE OF THE ABBEY, with Reliques of the Conventual Out- NORTH AISLE, PISCINA IN THE COLUMN. Pilgrims, Antique Alms-boxes, &c..... SARGENT. GREAT WEST ENTRANCE TO THE CHURCH. Norman Window, Towers, &c. VIEW OF THE CASTLE from the East, with Lunn's Tower, Gatehouse, &c......... ARCHER GATE OF THE ANCIENT PRIORY, with Sepulchral Remains............................. REMAINS OF THE GREAT HALL IN THE CASTLE, with the Undercroft... VIEW FROM THE TILT-YARD. now a sheep-walk, showing part of the outworks. Cæsar's Tower on the left-part of Leicester-Buildings-and the Gate- House.................................................................. LUNN'S TOWER AT SUNSET, showing the remains of the Moat, grass-grown....... PORTRAIT OF AMY ROBSART-Dudley's first wife, murdered in Cumnor Hall..... THE SNAKE AND DOVE, allegorical of Dudley and Amy Robsart...................... SEAL OF KENILWORTH PRIORY, impression with the parchment attached, from the British Museum.......................................... THE BRIDGE AT KENILWORTH, with the Church and Gate-House on the left..... SARGENT. |