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City of Oxford: cityscape view. Etching by H. Toussaint.

Magdalen College, Oxford: the tower. Wood engraving by S. Redd.

City of Oxford: view from the river. Etching by Letitia Byrne.

Royal Northern Hospital, Holloway Road, London: a proposed tower for the St. David's wing, Manor Gardens. Process print after C. Holden, 1921.

A tower at Nakhon Thom [Angkor Thom], Cambodia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.

Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk. Etching by B. Winkles, 1837, after R. Garland.

Queen's College, Oxford: quadrangle. Wood engraving.

Higham Ferrers Church and Free-School, Northamptonshire, England. Line engraving.

Wadham College, Oxford: panoramic view including Hertford College and the Bodleian Library. Line engraving by J. Le Keux, 1836, after F. Mackenzie.

Queens' College, Cambridge the gateway in 1837. Line engraving by J. Le Keux after J.A. Bell.

Cityscape of Bagnères de Bigorre, Pyrénees. Coloured pencil drawing.

The twin towers of a church wearing condoms with the message that AIDS is not God's punishment; an advertisement for safe sex to prevent AIDS. Colour lithograph by Klaus Staeck, 1987.

The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London: the main facade. Wood engraving by W. E. Hodgkin after D. R. Warry, 1872.

A postcard illustrating the church of Albert in the Somme with the church tower in the form of the Virgin crashing to the ground. Process print.

Merton College, Oxford: from the meadows. Line engraving.

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Towers

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Wadham College, Oxford: panoramic view including Hertford College and the Bodleian Library. Line engraving by J. Le Keux, 1836, after F. Mackenzie.

Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk. Etching by B. Winkles, 1837, after R. Garland.

The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London: the main facade. Wood engraving by W. E. Hodgkin after D. R. Warry, 1872.

A postcard illustrating the church of Albert in the Somme with the church tower in the form of the Virgin crashing to the ground. Process print.

Merton College, Oxford: from the meadows. Line engraving.

Towers

Images from the collections

Images referencing Towers

Works from the collections

Wadham College, Oxford: panoramic view including Hertford College and the Bodleian Library. Line engraving by J. Le Keux, 1836, after F. Mackenzie.

Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk. Etching by B. Winkles, 1837, after R. Garland.

The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London: the main facade. Wood engraving by W. E. Hodgkin after D. R. Warry, 1872.

A postcard illustrating the church of Albert in the Somme with the church tower in the form of the Virgin crashing to the ground. Process print.

Merton College, Oxford: from the meadows. Line engraving.

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