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Tower Collection

Background imageTower Collection: Medieval castle

Medieval castle
Knights entering a castle in the Middle Ages. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageTower Collection: Nottingham Castle in the 1500s

Nottingham Castle in the 1500s
Nottingham Castle overlooking the surrounding countryside in the 1500s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

Background imageTower Collection: Tower of London in the late Middle Ages

Tower of London in the late Middle Ages
London during the time of Henry VII (1457-1509). Color lithograph reproduction of an illuminated manuscript: Roy 16F, ii

Background imageTower Collection: Castle of Pierrefonds, medieval France

Castle of Pierrefonds, medieval France
Castle of Pierrefonds, built circa 1400, restoration by Viollet-le-Duc, 1858. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageTower Collection: Medieval university hierarchy

Medieval university hierarchy
Degrees of university teaching, topped by theology, 1508. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

Background imageTower Collection: Agriculture in the Middle Ages

Agriculture in the Middle Ages
Peasants sowing and cultivating fields outside a walled town in the Middle Ages. Printed halftone reproduction of a medieval manuscript miniature

Background imageTower Collection: Assyrian siege of a city using a battering-ram

Assyrian siege of a city using a battering-ram
Assyrians attacking a city using a battering ram. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a carving from Nimrud

Background imageTower Collection: Siege of a medieval walled town

Siege of a medieval walled town
Moveable siege tower, archers, and cannon of medieval warfare. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageTower Collection: GMDE2A-00025

GMDE2A-00025
Constantinople, showing a procession at a city gate, about 1340. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a 14th-century illustration

Background imageTower Collection: PANC2A-00125

PANC2A-00125
Alexander the Greats siege of Gaza, 332 BC. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageTower Collection: Ancient Egyptians besieging a fortress

Ancient Egyptians besieging a fortress
Assaulting a fortification with testudo formation and scaling ladder, ancient Egypt. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageTower Collection: Anasazi / Ancestral Puebloan architecture, Utah

Anasazi / Ancestral Puebloan architecture, Utah
Round and square towers of Anasazi/Ancestral Puebloan, Howenweep National Monument, Utah. Photograph

Background imageTower Collection: Anasazi / Ancestral Puebloan ruins at Howevweep, Utah

Anasazi / Ancestral Puebloan ruins at Howevweep, Utah
Anasazi/Ancestral Puebloan ruins at Howenweep National Monument, Utah, with Sleeping Ute Mountain in the background. Photograph

Background imageTower Collection: NATI2A-00053

NATI2A-00053
Anasazi/Ancestral Puebloan cliff-dwellings and stone tower as people may have lived in the 1200s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageTower Collection: EVNT2A-00190

EVNT2A-00190
Breaching tower, archers, and cannon used in a siege during the Hundred Years War. Hand-colored woodcut

Background imageTower Collection: GGBR2D-00056

GGBR2D-00056
Norman keep of Durham Castle, begun in 1076, now part of the University of Durham, England. Digital photograph


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