Kenilworth Castle

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Flowers, ruins, statues, music, speech, are weak,
The brightness they transfused with fitting words to speak.”

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Steel Plate.—The Castle of Kenilworth. General View from the Lake Allom. Adlard.

Armorial Shield of the Earl of Leicester Archer. Wakefield.

View of the Castle from the East, with Lunn’s Tower, Gatehouse, &c. Archer. Jackson.

Gate of Tue Ancient Priory, with Sepulchral Remains Archer. Nicholles.

Simon de Montfort, from a Sepulchral Effigy Herman. Nicholles.

Remains of the Great Hall in the Castle, with the Undercroft Sargent. Wall.

Rich Window in the Presence Chamber, or Hall Prior. Evans.

John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster—Lord of Kenilworth Herman. Nicholles.

The Strong Tower, with adjoining Ruins Sargent. Evans.

The Three Baronial Kitchens, west side of the Castle Sargent. Smith.

Leicester’s Stables, with the Timber-work, &c. Sargent. Evans.

Part of Leicester’s Buildings, erected by Robert Dudley Prior. Wall.

The Gateway, part of the Dudley Buildings Archer. Jackson.

The Floodgate, or Water Tower (see the Plan) Prior. Nicholles.

Leicester’s Chimney Piece, formerly in the Presence Chamber Archer. Gray.

Effigy of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, from his Tomb Archer. Gray.

Entrance To the Great Hall, with Entrance to the Nether Hall, or Undercroft. On the left a Window of “Queen Elizabeth’s Dressing-room” Herman. O. Smith.

Plan of the Castle, as it appeared in 1575, from the “Illust. Kenilworth;” with references and explanations at p. 280 Herman. Wakefield.

Signature of Queen Elizabeth, from the Original in the British Museum Herman. Wakefield.

Kenilworth Castle, from the East, showing on the left Mervyn’s Tower—Leicester-Buildings—The Keep—The Gate-House—The Stables, &c. Prior. Wall.

Portrait of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester Law. Evans.

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 Archer. Dalziel.

Lunn’s Tower at Sunset, showing the remains of the Moat, grass-grown Archer. Evans.

Portrait of Amy Robsart—Dudley’s first wife, murdered in Cumnor Hall Archer. Whimper.

The Snake and Dove, allegorical of Dudley and Amy Robsart Archer. Dalziel.

Seal of Kenilworth Priory, impression with the parchment attached, from the British Museum Herman. Jackson.

The Bridge at Kenilworth, with the Church and Gate-House on the left Sargent. Evans.