Tower of London. The Wakefield Tower and Bloody Tower – Historic Reproduction
![Tower of London. The Wakefield Tower and Bloody Tower, [between 1930 and 1950] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/48/484a04857e44-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Tower of London. The Wakefield Tower and Bloody Tower comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Tower of London. The Wakefield Tower and Bloody Tower
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The Wakefield Tower and the Bloody Tower sit side by side in the Tower of London, and this photograph singles out that pairing rather than the castle's more famous White Tower. The Wakefield Tower is the older of the two, a 14th-century drum tower built on the Tower's inner ward, and its name is tied to the Duke of York, who was held there. The Bloody Tower, next to it, takes its name from the legend that the young princes were murdered within its walls, a story that has been linked to the 1480s and Richard III. Taken between 1930 and 1950, the picture shows the fortress as a working royal site that also drew steady crowds of visitors.
| Created / published | [between 1930 and 1950] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1930-1950. |
| Notes | Copyright by Crown. |
| Subjects | Tower of London (London, England)--1930-1950. Forts & fortifications--England--London--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,020 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-165233 |
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