A Critical introduction and related material
- Introduction
- William Blanchard Jerrold on Cruikshank's illustrations for Ainsworth's The Tower of London
- Paintings, drawings, illustrations, and photographs of the Tower of London
- Frank Brangwyn's title-page for two-volume edition (1901)
The Illustrations
- The Execution of Lady Jane Grey at Tower Green Frontispiece
- The Execution of Lord Guildford Dudley on Tower Hill Title-page vignette
- The Warders' Hall, near the By-ward Tower "Preface," wood-engraving
- The Gate Tower wood-engraving
- Initial Letter wood-engraving
- Queen Jane's Entrance to The Tower steel-engraving
- The Stone Kitchen wood-engraving
- The Stone Kitchen steel-engraving
- Queen Jane's First Night in the Tower steel-engraving
- The By-ward Tower wood-engraving
- Initial Word wood-engraving
- Interior of St. Peter's Chapel wood-engraving
- Interior of the By-ward Tower wood-engraving
- Edward Underhill the Hot Gospeller steel-engraving
- Cuthbert Cholmondeley surprised by a mysterious figure in the dungeon adjoining the Devilin Tower steel-engraving
- The Traitor's Gate wood-engraving
- Interior of the Bowyer Tower wood-engraving
- The White Tower wood-engraving
- Queen Jane interposing between Northumberland and Simon Renard steel-engraving
- St. Thomas's, or Traitor's Tower, from the Thames wood-engraving
- Magog's Courtship steel-engraving
- Queen Jane's flight from the Tower steel-engraving
- Jane Grey and Lord Gilbert Dudley brought back to the Tower through Traitors' Gate steel-engraving
- The Summit of The White Tower wood-engraving
- Initial Letter wood-engraving
- Queen Mary receiving the prisoners on the Tower Green steel-engraving
- The Brick Tower wood-engraving
- Jane imprisoned in the Brick Tower steel-engraving
- Simon Renard and Winwike the warder on the roof of the White Tower steel-engraving
- Interior of the Cradle Tower wood-engraving
- The Plan of the Tower of London in 1553 steel-engraving
- Interior of St. John's Chapel in the White Tower wood-engraving
- The Duke of Northumberland Renouncing the Protestant Religion steel-engraving
- Exterior of the Cradle Tower wood-engraving
- Mauger Sharpening his Axe steel-engraving
- Northumberland's Inscription in the Beauchamp Tower wood-engraving
- Execution of The Duke of Northumberland upon Tower Hill steel-engraving
- West View of the Beauchamp Tower wood-engraving
- Beauchamp Tower from the East wood-engraving
- Bishop Gardiner's Conference with Jane in the Beauchamp Tower steel-engraving
- Mess-room in the Beauchamp Tower wood-engraving
- Dungeon Beneath the Devlin Tower wood-engraving
- Interior of the Devlin Tower — Basement wood-engraving
- Cholmondeley discovering the body of Alexia in the Devlin Tower steel-engraving
- North View of the Salt Tower wood-engraving
- Masque in the Palace Garden of the Tower steel-engraving
- Queen Mary surprising Courtenay and the Princess Elizabeth steel-engraving
- Queen Mary at the instance of Simon Renard affiancing herself to Philip of Spain steel-engraving
- Secret Staircase in the Salt Tower wood-engraving
- Chamber in the Salt Tower wood-engraving
- Arched Door in the Salt Tower Communicating with Secret Staircase wood-engraving
- Tower leading to the Iron Gate wood-engraving
- Lawrence Nightgall Dragging Cicely Down the secret stairs in the Salt Tower steel-engraving
- West View of the Traitor's Tower wood-engraving
- The Bell Tower wood-engraving
- Courtenay's escape from the Tower steel-engraving
- The Menagerie wood-engraving
- Gog extricating Xit from the Bear in the Lions Tower steel-engraving
- South View of St. Peter's Chapel on the Green wood-engraving
- The Burning of Edward Underhill on the Tower Green steel-engraving
- The Gateway of the Bloody Tower wood-engraving
- Fekenham offering Jane a pardon, on the way to Trial steel-engraving
- Lower Chamber in the Constable Tower wood-engraving
- Xit wedded to the "Scavenger's Daughter" wood-engraving
- Upper Chamber in the Constable Tower wood-engraving
- Roof of the Broad Arrow Tower wood-engraving
- Council Chamber in the White Tower wood-engraving
- Basement Chamber in the Salt Tower wood-engraving
- The Lieutenant's Lodgings wood-engraving
- Sir Thomas Wyatt dictating terms to Queen Mary in the Council steel-engraving
- The Brass Mount wood-engraving
- Attack on the Brass Mount by Lord Guildford Dudley steel-engraving
- Attack upon St. Thomas's Tower by the Duke of Suffolk steel-engraving
- West View of the Middle Tower wood-engraving
- Sir Thomas Wyatt attacking the By Ward Tower steel-engraving
- Casemate in the Brass Mount wood-engraving
- South-east View of the Jewel Tower wood-engraving
- Interior of the Hall Tower wood-engraving
- Jane imploring Mary to spare her Husband's life wood-engraving
- Elizabeth brought Prisoner to the Tower steel-engraving
- South Side of the Room in which the Young Princes were Murdered wood-engraving
- Passage in the Bloody Tower by which the Murderers approached wood-engraving
- North Side of the Room in which the Princes were Murdered wood-engraving
- The Death-Warrant steel-engraving
- North View of the Bloody Tower wood-engraving
- Upper Chamber in the Bell Tower wood-engraving
- Elizabeth confronted with Wyat in the Torture-Chamber steel-engraving
- Staircase in the North-eastern Turret of the White Tower wood-engraving
- The Fate of Nightgall steel-engraving
- Chamber in the Martin, or Jewel Tower wood-engraving
- Basement Chamber in the Flint Tower wood-engraving
- Entrance Hall in the Martin, or Jewel Tower wood-engraving
- Eastern Drawbridge wood-engraving
- Xit, now Sir Narcissus Le Grand, entertaining his friends on his wedding-day steel-engraving
- Bret's head stuck upon a spike (uncaptioned) wood-engraving
- The Night before the Execution steel-engraving
- Jane meeting the body of her husband on her way to the Scaffold steel-engraving
- The Block and Axe: Thus ends the Chronicle of the Tower of London wood-engraving
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