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Background imageIllustration Collection: Sutton Hoo ship burial J910330

Sutton Hoo ship burial J910330
SUTTON HOO, Woodbridge, Suffolk. Reconstruction drawing of the Sutton Hoo ship burial in 620 or 630 - by Peter Dunn (English Heritage Graphics Team)

Background imageIllustration Collection: Hadrians Wall J940488

Hadrians Wall J940488
HADRIANs WALL: WALLTOWN CRAGS, Northumberland. Reconstruction drawing by Alan Sorrell. hadrian

Background imageIllustration Collection: London Zoo 1929 MD93_07025

London Zoo 1929 MD93_07025
London Zoo, Regents Park, Westminster. Line drawing entitled " The Gardens of the Zoological Society of London 1929" and " the Gardens 1829" (inset)

Background imageIllustration Collection: Roman latrine J000112

Roman latrine J000112
HADRIANs WALL: HOUSESTEADS ROMAN FORT (VERCOVICIUM), Northumberland. A reconstruction drawing of the interior of the latrines by Philip Corke. hadrian

Background imageIllustration Collection: Nunney Castle N061017

Nunney Castle N061017
NUNNEY CASTLE, Somerset. Aerial view cutaway reconstruction drawing by Stephen Conlin. The great tower as it might have appeared in the 1580s

Background imageIllustration Collection: Kings Lynn MD44 / 00258

Kings Lynn MD44 / 00258
Kings Lynn, Norfolk. Labelled sheet showing the exterior elevations of buildings along the south side of Queens Street and Kings Street. 1944 measured drawing by A J Phillips

Background imageIllustration Collection: Glastonbury Tor IC141_002

Glastonbury Tor IC141_002
Reconstruction drawing showing an oblique view of St Michaels Church and associated buildings atop Glastonbury Tor as they may have appeared from the south-west in the 15th century. Judith Dobie, 1993

Background imageIllustration Collection: Battle of Hastings IC008_018

Battle of Hastings IC008_018
BATTLE ABBEY, East Sussex. Battle of Hastings 1066. Reconstruction drawing by Jason Askew

Background imageIllustration Collection: Galapagos finch J970105

Galapagos finch J970105
DOWN HOUSE, Kent. Galapagos finch drawn by John Gould. Plate 34 illustration from The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle part 3

Background imageIllustration Collection: Kenilworth Castle c. 1575 J940479

Kenilworth Castle c. 1575 J940479
KENILWORTH CASTLE, Warwickshire. Reconstruction drawing of the castle as it might have appeared in 1575 by Alan Sorrell

Background imageIllustration Collection: Maiden Castle J870379

Maiden Castle J870379
MAIDEN CASTLE, Dorset. Aerial view reconstruction drawing by Paul Birkbeck

Background imageIllustration Collection: Lullingstone Roman Villa J910044

Lullingstone Roman Villa J910044
LULLINGSTONE ROMAN VILLA, Kent. Reconstruction drawing by Alan Sorrell depicting the possible appearance of the villa c. AD 360, with the temple mausoleum in the background

Background imageIllustration Collection: Wharram Percy Medieval Village J890256

Wharram Percy Medieval Village J890256
WHARRAM PERCY MEDIEVAL VILLAGE, North Yorkshire. Reconstruction drawing of the North Manor & peasant houses, tofts and crofts in the late 12th century, by Peter Dunn (English Heritage Graphics Team)

Background imageIllustration Collection: Stonehenge J940486

Stonehenge J940486
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Reconstruction drawing of Stonehenge as it might have appeared in 1000 BC by Alan Sorrell

Background imageIllustration Collection: Barnacles K970315

Barnacles K970315
DOWN HOUSE, Kent. Plate I " Balanus Tintinnabulum" showing barnacles from " A Monograph on the Sub Class Cirripedia" by Charles Darwin

Background imageIllustration Collection: Fountains Abbey N950001

Fountains Abbey N950001
FOUNTAINS ABBEY, North Yorkshire. Reconstruction drawing by Alan Sorrell

Background imageIllustration Collection: Lymm Cross CGH01_02_01_013

Lymm Cross CGH01_02_01_013
The Cross, Lymm, Warrington. A man walking past the Lymm Cross. Watercolour painting possibly by William Alexander (d.1815). Artwork collected by C G Harper

Background imageIllustration Collection: Housesteads Roman Fort J930498

Housesteads Roman Fort J930498
HADRIANs WALL, HOUSESTEADS ROMAN FORT, Northumberland. Reconstruction drawing by Alan SORRELL

Background imageIllustration Collection: Kenilworth Castle J980114

Kenilworth Castle J980114
KENILWORTH CASTLE, Warwickshire. Aerial view reconstruction drawing of the castle in Tudor times by Ivan Lapper

Background imageIllustration Collection: Pickering Castle J850151

Pickering Castle J850151
PICKERING CASTLE, North Yorkshire. Reconstruction of castle in the early 13th century. Wooden keep & walls replaced by stone

Background imageIllustration Collection: Goodrich Castle J910012

Goodrich Castle J910012
GOODRICH CASTLE, Herefordshire. The castle from the south as it may have appeared when newly completed at the end of the 13th century. Reconstruction drawing by Alan Sorrell, 1959

Background imageIllustration Collection: Roman infantry practising combat J050053

Roman infantry practising combat J050053
HADRIANs WALL: BIRDOSWALD ROMAN FORT, Cumbria. Reconstruction drawing by Philip Corke of Roman auxiliary infantry practising combat in the Drill Hall. hadrian

Background imageIllustration Collection: Avebury Stone Circle J880248

Avebury Stone Circle J880248
AVEBURY STONE CIRCLE, Wiltshire. Reconstruction drawing " Harvest Ceremony at the Cove in Northern Inner Circle " by Judith Dobie, English Heritage Graphics Team

Background imageIllustration Collection: Holy Trinity Blythburgh MD41_00041

Holy Trinity Blythburgh MD41_00041
Holy Trinity Church, Church Lane, Blythburgh, Suffolk. A view from the marsh looking north-east past houses towards Holy Trinity Church. Pencil drawing by Charles Bannerman Phillips dated 1914

Background imageIllustration Collection: Sherborne Old Castle J960261

Sherborne Old Castle J960261
SHERBORNE OLD CASTLE, Dorset. The castle as it may have appeared in the mid-fourteenth century under the ownership of Robert Wyvil, Bishop of Salisbury

Background imageIllustration Collection: Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley J950051

Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley J950051
KENILWORTH CASTLE, Warwickshire. A reconstruction drawing by Ivan Lapper of Queen Elizabeth I being welcomed to Kenilworth by Robert Dudley in July 1575

Background imageIllustration Collection: Wharram Percy Medieval Village J890258

Wharram Percy Medieval Village J890258
WHARRAM PERCY MEDIEVAL VILLAGE, North Yorkshire. Reconstruction drawing by Peter Dunn (English Heritage Graphics Team) of the Norman church and semicircular apse & vicarage to the south

Background imageIllustration Collection: Galapagos finch J970106

Galapagos finch J970106
DOWN HOUSE, Kent. Two Galapagos finches drawn by John Gould. Illustration from " The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle" part 3

Background imageIllustration Collection: Galapagos finch J970104

Galapagos finch J970104
DOWN HOUSE, Kent. Two Galapagos finches drawn by John Gould. Plate 7 illustration from The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle part 3

Background imageIllustration Collection: Dover Castle siege J020152

Dover Castle siege J020152
DOVER CASTLE, Kent. The siege of 1216. Reconstruction drawing by Peter Dunn, English Heritage Graphics Team, of the French attack on the collapsed North Gate, East tower

Background imageIllustration Collection: Stonehenge landscape c. 1600 J050045

Stonehenge landscape c. 1600 J050045
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Aerial view reconstruction drawing by Peter Dunn of the Stonehenge landscape in c.1600 BC. Date of photograph: February 2005

Background imageIllustration Collection: Grimes Graves J940184

Grimes Graves J940184
GRIMES GRAVES, Norfolk. 1994 cutaway reconstruction drawing of Prehistoric flint mining by Terry Ball (English Heritage Graphics Team). Recent evidence suggests that ladders may not have been used

Background imageIllustration Collection: Came House xa00271

Came House xa00271
Came House, Winterborne Came, Dorset. The house dates from 1754. Watercolour painting of the NW Elevation by A T Phillips, 1949. From the RCHME Inventory Notes for Winterborne Came

Background imageIllustration Collection: Roman soldier J870380

Roman soldier J870380
MAIDEN CASTLE, Dorset. Reconstruction drawing of Roman soldier by Paul Birkbeck

Background imageIllustration Collection: Old Sarum J030098

Old Sarum J030098
OLD SARUM, Wiltshire. Distant aerial view reconstruction drawing of William the Conqueror receiving the barons in 1086, by Peter Dunn (English Heritage Graphics Team)

Background imageIllustration Collection: St Wulfstan EMM01 / 01 / 026

St Wulfstan EMM01 / 01 / 026
Little Malvern Priory, Worcestershire. Watercolour, by Elsie Matley Moore, of part of a stained glass window at Little Malvern Priory, showing a detail from a full length figure of St Wulfstan

Background imageIllustration Collection: Roman legionary soldier IC048_145

Roman legionary soldier IC048_145
Reconstruction drawing by Nick Hardcastle depicting a Roman legionary soldier stationed at Hadrians Wall in about 120AD, with a section of the wall being constructed in the background

Background imageIllustration Collection: Dartford High Street CGH01_01_0628

Dartford High Street CGH01_01_0628
Dartford, Kent. A busy scene looking east along the High Street towards Holy Trinity Church. Drawn by C G Harper. c.1920s

Background imageIllustration Collection: Medieval peasant house N090117

Medieval peasant house N090117
WHARRAM PERCY MEDIEVAL VILLAGE, North Yorkshire. Reconstruction drawing by Peter Dunn (English Heritage Graphics Team) showing a peasant house in the 13th to 15th centuries

Background imageIllustration Collection: Brean Down J890031

Brean Down J890031
BREAN DOWN, Somerset. Reconstruction drawing of Bronze Age huts, by Peter Dunn (English Heritage Graphics Team)

Background imageIllustration Collection: Rural landscape J910032

Rural landscape J910032
Reconstruction drawing of imaginary rural landscape, 2000 BC by Judith Dobie, English Heritage Graphics Team. Farming

Background imageIllustration Collection: Most Holy Trinity Church, Bermondsey ME001036

Most Holy Trinity Church, Bermondsey ME001036
Most Holy Trinity Church, Bermondsey, London. Pen and ink sketch, by Peter Anson, of the exterior from the street with people and tram. 1939

Background imageIllustration Collection: Richmond Castle EHC01_047_0032

Richmond Castle EHC01_047_0032
Hand tinted engraving showing the keep at Richmond Castle, North Yorkshire. The engraving is by J Newton afters Hooper. It was first published in 1786

Background imageIllustration Collection: Salisbury Street, Blandford, 1943 MD44_00065

Salisbury Street, Blandford, 1943 MD44_00065
Labelled sheet showing exterior elevations of the facades along the east side of Salisbury Street in Blandford Forum, Dorset. 1943 measured drawing by A. J

Background imageIllustration Collection: Winchester Cathedral Priory IC263_001

Winchester Cathedral Priory IC263_001
Reconstruction drawing depicting an aerial view of Winchester Cathedral Priory as it may have appeared at the time of the Dissolution, circa 1540

Background imageIllustration Collection: Horses pulling cart IC086_019

Horses pulling cart IC086_019
Reconstruction drawing by Ivan Lapper showing heavy horses pulling a haycart or goods wagon, driven by two medieval Cistercian monks

Background imageIllustration Collection: Cranford Park Bridge CGH01_01_0075

Cranford Park Bridge CGH01_01_0075
Cranford Park Bridge, Hillingdon, Greater London. Bridge over the River Crane, with St Dunstans Church in the background. Drawn by C G Harper between 1892-1933

Background imageIllustration Collection: Eltham Palace c. 1604 N110031

Eltham Palace c. 1604 N110031
ELTHAM PALACE. Reconstruction drawing by Liam Wales of Eltham Palace in about 1604, based primarily on two surveys by Thorpe. The surviving Great Hall can be seen in the centre of the picture



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