STEEL PLATE.--VIEW OF THE CASTLE FROM THE NORTH, showing the Keep,
and Gate, and Outworks SARGENT. RADCLIFFE.
ENTRANCE TO THE KEEP by an ascent of seventy-two stone steps SARGENT. EVANS. 281
CARISBROOKE CASTLE--The ancient Donjon--partly Saxon--from the “Roman
Mounds” SARGENT. EVANS. 283
THE BARRACKS AND GOVERNOR’S HOUSE, with the Keep, from Mountjoy Tower SARGENT. EVANS. 285
ANCIENT GATE IN THE CASTLE, viewed from the Interior, leading to the steps SARGENT. EVANS. 287
PART OF THE KEEP, known as the Flag-staff Tower, with the Battlement SARGENT. EVANS. 289
PORTRAIT OF HENRY BEAUCHAMP, crowned King of the Isle of Wight, in his
Coronation Robes, from the original by Rous, British Museum HERMAN. 291
NORMAN GATE, from the Interior, with the Original Oaken Door, said to be
500 years old SARGENT. EVANS. 293
THE GOVERNOR’S HOUSE, with part of the Barracks, erected by Queen Elizabeth SARGENT. EVANS. 294
THE GREAT GATE, with Round Prison Towers, Machicolations, and Queen
Elizabeth’s Gate in the foreground. View taken from the road SARGENT. EVANS. 296
THE GARRISON WELL, showing the Great Windlass-Wheel, &c.; with the
Interior of the Building as it now appears SARGENT. EVANS. 297
SIGN-MANUAL OF KING CHARLES I., from the Original MS. British Museum HERMAN. WALMESLEY. 298
“QUEEN ELIZABETH’S TOWER,” with the Outer Gate and Landscape, from the
Keep SARGENT. EVANS. 299
VIEW OF THE APARTMENTS OCCUPIED BY KING CHARLES DURING HIS IMPRISONMENT
IN THE CASTLE, with the Window from which he attempted to
escape--Objects emblematical of his Reign SARGENT. EVANS. 301
EXACT FORM AND APPEARANCE OF THE SAME WINDOW, from which, with his
own hand, the King had sawed through one of the Iron Bars SARGENT. EVANS. 302
GROUND-PLAN OF CARISBROOKE CASTLE, showing all the Buildings and Outworks HERMAN. WALMESLEY. 304
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<g>Netley Abbey.</g>
“Mundus abit, fortis sim, non ero: sim speciosus,
Non ero; sim dives non ero, mundus abit.
Mundus abit, non CHRISTUS abit: cote non abeuntem.”--MOR CATH MARTENE.
ARTISTS. ENGRAVERS. PAGE.
VIEW OF THE SOUTH TRANSEPT OF NETLEY ABBEY,
showing the beauty and richness of its Architecture SARGENT. HINCHLIFFE. 305
IMPRESSION OF THE ABBEY SEAL, with the Wax and
Ribbon attached, from the Original HERMAN. WALMESLEY. 306
THE ABBOT’S SEAL, with its Impression and Inscription HERMAN. WALMESLEY. 307
THE GREAT WEST WINDOW OF THE ABBEY SARGENT. EVANS. 309
THE FOUNTAIN-COURT OF NETLEY ABBEY SARGENT. EVANS. 311
THE CONFESSIONAL, for the Cistercian Brotherhood of the Abbey SARGENT. EVANS. 313
THE SACRISTY OF THE ABBEY, Vaulted, and Lighted by two Windows SARGENT. EVANS. 314
THE CHAPTER-HOUSE OF THE ABBEY SARGENT. EVANS. 316
THE ABBOT’S KITCHEN, with the ancient Fireplace SARGENT. EVANS. 318
THE SOUTH FRONT OF NETLEY ABBEY SARGENT. EVANS. 320
THE BUTTERY-DOOR OF NETLEY ABBEY. Peasants with their Offerings receiving
the Priest’s Benediction SARGENT. EVANS. 321
THE CONFESSIONAL OF NETLEY ABBEY, with Confessor and Penitent SARGENT. EVANS. 323
PALMER, Pilgrim 324
NETLEY BEACH--a Scene on the road to the Sun Inn SARGENT. EVANS. 327
NETLEY CASTLE, lately used as a public House of Entertainment SARGENT. EVANS. 329
PLAN OF NETLEY ABBEY--arrangement of the Buildings HERMAN. 330
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