Category: Picture of the Week

Stained glass window of (L to R) Giles Lord Chandos, Elizabeth I, and Edward VI in St. Mary’s Chapel at Sudelely Castle. Photo May 1998.

The Chapel Royal of St. Peter ad Vincula at The Tower of London. Photo May 1998.

A sunnier picture of the chapel than from when I visited in 2000 and 2003 (e.g. Picture of the Week #124)

Overlooking Warwick Castle and countryside from the top of Guy’s Tower. Photo May 1998.

Greenwich Park, looking up towards the observatory. Photo May 1998.

The current buildings on the hill post-date the Tudor period, but in Tudor times you would have seen Duke Humphrey’s Tower up there.

Elizabethan garden at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington D.C. Photo September 2006.

I had already used up the best of my photos from Stratford a while back, so I decided to use this photo from the Folger since I HAD to use something Shakespeare-related today. So, happy (probable) 450th birthday to the Bard!

And an update on my 2014 Shakespeare Challenge: I’m a little behind where I hoped to be at this point, having only read 8 of the plays so far. But I’m on track with the sonnets, which I’m doing one a day (today was no. 113). I’ll probably catch up some when I take a little time off work in May (I hope!).

Entrance to Harlech Castle in Wales. Photo May 2000.

St. Margaret’s Chapel at Edinburgh Castle. Photo May 2000.

Close-up of some of the decorations on the outside of the Henry VII Chapel of Westminster Abbey. Photo May 2003.

Lawn and the home that is part of the remains of Richmond Palace. Photo May 2000.

Buildings of the Tower of London. L to R: The Bloody Tower, The Wakefield Tower, Henry III’s Watergate, and St. Thomas’s Tower. Photo June 2000.

Raglan Castle in Wales – childhood home of Henry VII. Photo May 2003.

Vaulting over narrow medieval windows in the keep of Dover Castle. Photo May 2003.

Leather shoes recovered from the Mary Rose. Photo June 2000.

Side of Hatfield House. Photo May 2000.

I think I’ve only used photos of the Old Palace and the park prior to this. Technically Hatfield House post-dates the Tudor period but is definitely worth a visit for the art collection alone. There are several well-known portraits of Elizabeth I there, as well as the “Fete at Bermondsey”, and many other interesting artifacts.

The White Tower of the Tower of London. Photo June 2000.

It seemed appropriate to post a picture from the Tower this week since it features heavily in many important events in Tudor history that occurred in mid-February.

The Tithe Barn ruins at Sudeley Castle. Photo May 1998.

Another view of Henry VII’s tower at Pembroke Castle. Photo May 2003.

Regular readers of this blog will not be surprised to see yet another photo of Pembroke Castle with yesterday being the anniversary of Henry VII’s birth. (Pembroke Castle is second only to the Tower of London in number of pictures… and I have visited the Tower three times – I’ve only been to Pembroke once!)

Walking under the Bloody Tower of the Tower of London. Photo May 1998

I love the spikes of the portcullis hanging ominously over tourists’ heads.

Another view of the north front of Westminster Abbey. Photo May 2003.

Posted today in honor of the 455th anniversary of the coronation of Elizabeth I!

The Old Queen’s Head pub in Chester. Photo May 2000.

I remember snapping this picture as we walked back to the car after a day in Chester because I was amused by the use of the “Elizabeth I as Princess” for the pub sign.