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Norman Tower, from the Garden
W. A. Delamotte
1842
Wood-engraving
9.4 cm high by 8.5 cm wide, vignetted
Eleventh Delamotte illustration for W. Harrison Ainsworth's Windsor Castle. An Historical Romance, first published in the August 1842 number of Ainsworth's Magazine; Chapter III; volume, p. 30.
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Scanned image and text by Philip V. Allingham.
A vast concourseof spectators, extending almost as far as the Lieutenant's Tower, wascollected in front of the alms-knights' houses; but a wide space hadbeen kept clear by the henchmen for the passage of the sovereign and histrain, and along this Henry proceeded with Anne Boleyn, in the directionof the upper ward. Just as he reached the Norman Tower, and passed theentrance to the keep, the Duke of Shoreditch, who was standing beneaththe gateway, advanced towards him and prostrated himself on one knee.
"May it please your majesty," said Shoreditch, "I last night arresteda butcher of Windsor for uttering words highly disrespectful of yourhighness, and of the fair and virtuous lady by your side."[Chapter III. "Of the Grand Procession to Windsor Castle; Of the Meeting ofKing Henry the Eighth and Anne Boleyn at the Lower Gate; Of their Entrance into the Castle; And how the Butcher was Hanged from the Curfew Tower," pp. 29-30]
Above: Tony Johannot's painterly realisation of the historic scene that unfolds in Delamotte's wood-engraving on the facing pages, The Meeting of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn [Click on image to enlarge it.]
Ainsworth, William Harrison. Windsor Castle. An Historical Romance. Illustrated by George Cruikshank and Tony Johannot. With designs on wood by W. Alfred Delamotte. London: Routledge, 1880. Based on the Henry Colburn edition of 1844.
Patten, Robert L. Chapter 30, "The 'Hoc' Goes Down." George Cruikshank's Life, Times, and Art, vol. 2: 1835-1878. Rutgers, NJ: Rutgers U. P., 1991; London: The Lutterworth Press, 1996. Pp. 153-186.
Worth, George J. William Harrison Ainsworth. New York: Twayne, 1972.
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