Kenilworth Castle, John of Gaunt's Great Hall
- Title:
- Kenilworth Castle, John of Gaunt's Great Hall
- Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photographs Collection
- Creation Date:
- 1129-1538 (building)
ca. 1865-ca. 1895 (photograph)
- Location:
- Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- ID Number:
- 10076016
- Accession Number:
- 15/5/3090.00911
- Collection Number:
- 15-5-3090
- File Name:
- 10076016.jpg
- Materials/Techniques:
- albumen prints
- Subject:
- Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire, England
castles (fortifications)
ruins
tracery
Arched windows
vines
Plants
photographs - Measurement:
- 15.24 x 20.955 (centimeters)
- Description:
- "12th-cen. Kenilworth Castle, setting for Sir Walter Scott's novel Kenilworth
castle destroyed by Cromwell in 1642 and restored by government in 1937." (Source: Thesaurus of Geographical Names) Parts of the castle are Norman
Kenilworth appeared in the Domesday survey, 1086. Buildin g of the castle commenced in 1129 and continued over the next 400 years. See also: Renn, D. F., Kenilworth Castle (1973). John of Gaunt enlarged the castle in 1364, adding the Great Hall pictured here. - Source:
- Data from: A.D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library
http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/adw/albumen.htm - Cite As:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photograph Collection, #15-5-3090. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White architectural photograph collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in this collection are in the public domain and are believed to have no known U.S. copyright or other restrictions. The Library does not charge for permission to use these materials and does not grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute them. However, as a good scholarly practice we recommend that all patrons cite the Library as the source of the reproduction. For a more detailed explanation please read the Library Guidelines for Using Public Domain Text, Images, Audio, and Video Reproduced from Cornell University Library Collections at http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright.