Title

North view of Traitor's Gate, Tower of London, 1798. Artist: Anon

Caption

North view of Traitor's Gate, Tower of London, 1798. On its completion in 1097 the Tower provided accommodation for the king, but in later centuries was used as a prison, armoury and military store. The gate was built during the reign of Edward I to provide an entrance to the Tower directly from the Thames. In Tudor times it was the entrance through which several prominent prisoners were brought into the Tower before their imprisonment and execution, including Anne Boleyn, Sir Thomas More and Catherine Howard.

Date

1798

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Reference

HRM19B03_155

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

30,2Mb (2,1Mb) / 9,6in x 12,2in / 2887 x 3661 (300dpi)

Keywords

river water building buildings London England River Thames Thames interior indoors architecture law crime geography castle medieval palace fortification entrance gate prison century imprisonment inside Tower of London B&W MONOCHROME penitentiary black & white black and white B W mediaeval Middle Ages 18th century Eighteenth Century Tower Hamlets Guildhall Library & Art Gallery geographical feature TGN Traitor's Gate engraving Anon Anonymous