Medieval Life Illustrations Gallery

Minster Lovell IC066_002

MINSTER LOVELL HALL, Oxfordshire. Reconstruction drawing showing Minster Lovell from the south, as it may have appeared in 1483 at the time of King Richard III's visit to the house as a guest of Francis Lovell. Artist Peter Urmston (2011)

Aerial, Graphic, Medieval

Wakefield Tower, Tower of London IC102_004

Reconstruction drawing, by Terry Ball, depicting the interior of the upper chamber of Wakefield Tower at the Tower of London, as it may have appeared in the late fourteenth century when it was in use as the presence chamber or throne room of King Edward I

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Graphic, Illustration, Medieval

Trebuchet IC032_039

Reconstruction drawing, by Peter Dunn, showing a trebuchet, a type of medieval siege engine, being primed and loaded by soldiers. The image does not show a specific structure at Dover Castle, but was produced to illustrate weapons used during the seige of 1216

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Battle Field, Battlefield, Graphic, Illustration, Medieval, Weapon