Title

Interior view of the prison in the Bowyer Tower, Tower of London, Stepney, London, 1883. Artist: John Crowther

Caption

Interior view of the prison in the Bowyer Tower, Tower of London, Stepney, London, 1883. The Bowyer Tower is one of the thirteen towers of the Inner Ward, built in the mid 13th century during the reign of Henry III. According to legend, George, Duke of Clarence, the brother of Edward IV and Richard III, was imprisoned here in 1477 prior to his execution.

Date

1883

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Reference

HRM19B02_338

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NA

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NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

30,0Mb (1,1Mb) / 9,9in x 11,8in / 2972 x 3529 (300dpi)

Keywords

building buildings London England interior indoors architecture country law window crime British English castle color colour medieval fortification war prison location ceiling century imprisonment Britain inside concept Tower of London penitentiary Architectural Feature 19th century vaulted ceiling mediaeval Middle Ages nineteenth century Thirteenth Century Tower Hamlets 13th century 15th century Guildhall Library & Art Gallery 1455-1485 fifteenth century Stepney TGN War of the Roses Wars of the Roses Duke of Clarence George watercolour John Crowther Duke of Plantagenet George Duke of Clarence Bowyer Tower George Plantagenet Clarence Crowther John