Type of fortified structure built in Europe, Asia and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by nobility

Lourdes and Gave-de-Pau, Hautes Pyrénées, France: peasants fishing with the castle in the background. Lithograph, 1821, after M. Colston.

Durga on a lotus with all her weapons surrounded by devotees. Gouache drawing.

Crimean War: aerial view of the Castle Hospital, Balaclava. Lithograph after Lady Alicia Blackwood.

A large goose, with three golden eggs: numbered circles printed on the body of the goose for playing the game of goose. Coloured engraving.

A storm at sea, with a sailing ship being wrecked on rocks. Etching by Claude Lorrain, ca. 1635-1640.

Crimean War, Ukraine: patients convalescing on the beach at Castle Hospital, Balaklava. Wood engraving.

Heriot's Hospital, Edinburgh Castle from Grey Friars Church yard, Edinburgh, Scotland. Line engraving by W. Woolnoth, 1836, after T. Allom.

Berkeley castle, view from a distance, with a river or lake in the foreground. Pencil drawing by S. Jenner.

Creak Priory, Norfolk, England: ruins. Etching by Saml. & Nathl. Buck, 1738, after himselves.

Tübingen, Germany: panorama with key and crest. Reproduction of a line engraving by K. Merian.

Baths of Saint Gervais-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie, France. Lithograph, 18--.

Slow-K.

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

M0001672: Photograph of the round tower and arch to gateway of the Castle of Chinchón, Spain

1 print : lithograph ; image 14.3 x 16.1 cm

The interior of the well-house, Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wright. Lithograph.

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 11.8 x 17.2 cm

A female goddess with a castle on her head (representing an Earth goddess or Geometry) holds up a tablet engraved with faces from which a man copies; two angels and a swan sit with them in the clouds. Engraving by T. Holloway, 1810.

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Castles

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Images referencing Castles

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M0001672: Photograph of the round tower and arch to gateway of the Castle of Chinchón, Spain

The interior of the well-house, Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wright. Lithograph.

A storm at sea, with a sailing ship being wrecked on rocks. Etching by Claude Lorrain, ca. 1635-1640.

A female goddess with a castle on her head (representing an Earth goddess or Geometry) holds up a tablet engraved with faces from which a man copies; two angels and a swan sit with them in the clouds. Engraving by T. Holloway, 1810.

Durga on a lotus with all her weapons surrounded by devotees. Gouache drawing.

Castles

Images from the collections

Images referencing Castles

Works from the collections

M0001672: Photograph of the round tower and arch to gateway of the Castle of Chinchón, Spain

The interior of the well-house, Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wright. Lithograph.

A storm at sea, with a sailing ship being wrecked on rocks. Etching by Claude Lorrain, ca. 1635-1640.

A female goddess with a castle on her head (representing an Earth goddess or Geometry) holds up a tablet engraved with faces from which a man copies; two angels and a swan sit with them in the clouds. Engraving by T. Holloway, 1810.

Durga on a lotus with all her weapons surrounded by devotees. Gouache drawing.

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