Rochester Castle

“Hic matres, miseraque nurus, hic cara sororum
Pectora mærentum. puerique parentibus orbi
Dirum execrantur bellum.”

ARTISTS. ENGRAVERS. PAGE.

Steel Plate.—Rochester Castle, from the River Medway Sargent. Adlard.

Arms of Rochester Castle—Seal of the Town Herman. Wall.

Rochester Castle, with the Outer Walls, taken from the South-east end of the Bridge Sargent. Jackson.

Gateway. Portcullis and Sentinel on Guard Whimper.

The Donjon; or Gundulph’s Tower—showing the Entrance from the South Sargent. Evans.

Odo, Bishop of Bayeux and Earl of Kent Herman. Cooke.

Rochester Castle. The Siege by King John, A.D. 1215 Sargent. Whimper.

The Battlements of the Main Tower—showing Arcades on the right, where the Castle Chapel is supposed to have been Sargent. Evans.

Archway, with View into the Tilting Yard Whimper.

Small Tower of the Castle—showing the thickness of the Outer Walls Prior. Wall.

Principal Entrance to the Main Tower—showing the position of the ancient Portcullis. View taken from the Entrance, looking Westward Prior. Rimbault.

The State Prison in Rochester Castle; as it is, and as it was Prior. Whimper.

State Apartments in the Castle—showing the Norman Architecture. Sargent. O. Smith.

Rochester Castle by Moonlight—with the supposed Secret Entrance from the River Herman. Wakefield.

Inner Arched Gallery, surrounding the Apartments Prior. Wall.

West Gallery of Rochester Castle—showing the Interior, with the Norman workmanship Prior. Rimbault.

The Castle Prison. Entrance to the Dungeon, with Staircase and Archway Prior. Whimper.

Rochester Bridge and Castle, from the Medway, looking South Herman. Nicholles.

Gadshill Tavern—the scene of Falstaff’s adventure, as it now appears Prior. Wall.