Bastion, near the Hundred Steps at Windsor Castle, based on a sketch made by Sandhurst Military Academy drawing-master W. Alfred Delamotte for the ninth instalment of W. Harrison Ainsworth's Windsor Castle. An Historical Romance for the April 1843 number in Ainsworth's Magazine. Book the Fourth, "Cardinal Wolsey," headpiece for Chapter VIII, "Shewing the Vacillations of the King between Wolsey and Anne Boleyn," p. 216: 7.1 cm high by 9.2 cm wide, vignetted. We have already encountered this architectural setting Book I, Chapter VI, for here the young nobles, Richmond and Surrey, use this informal exit to reach The Garter Inn on Thames Street. [Click on the image to enlarge it.]
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Passage Illustrated
Before returning to the state apartments, Henry took a turn on the ramparts on the north side of the castle, between the Curfew Tower and the Winchester Tower, and lingered for a short time on the bastion commanding that part of the acclivity where the approach, called the Hundred Steps, is now contrived. Here he cautioned the sentinels to be doubly vigilant throughout the night, and having gazed for a moment at the placid stream flowing at the foot of the castle, and tinged with the last rays of the setting sun, he proceeded to the royal lodgings, and entered the banquet chamber, where supper was already served. [Book IV, "CardinalWolsey,"Chapter VIII, "Shewing the Vacillations of the King between Wolsey and Anne Boleyn," pp. 216-217]
Other Views and Related Material on Windsor Castle
- Windsor Castle from the Long Walk, Victorian additions and alterations by Sir Jeffry Wyattville
- Early twentieth-century view of the castle from the river
- The Frogmore Mausoleum, adjacent to the Long Walk
- Statue of Queen Victoria at the foot of Castle Hill, Windsor
References
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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