Map of part of
Westminster Abbey.
From
[Brayley, 1818-23].
Tomb of Edward I
circled in blue.
Tomb of Eleanor of Castile
circled in red.
View from outside the Chapel of Edward the Confessor.
Tombs of
Edward I
(centre, with stairs)
and
Edmund Crouchback (right).
See larger.
From
facing p.276
in
[Brayley, vol.2, 1823].
Tomb of Edward I (right).
From 11:44
in
1945 film.
Tomb of Edward I in Westminster Abbey.
From here.
From Shirley's Royal Ancestors site.
Used with permission.
The opening of Edward I's tomb in Westminster Abbey in 1774 by the Society of Antiquaries.
Illustration dated 1786.
See full size.
From here.
Tomb of Henry III (left)
and Eleanor of Castile (centre), from inside the Chapel of Edward the Confessor.
Drawing from
p.108
in
London, past and present (1916).
Also
p.41
in
Pictures of London (1919).
This scan from here.
See
also
photo
in 1924 survey.
Outside view of tomb of Eleanor of Castile.
From 11:38
in
1945 film.
Tomb of Eleanor of Castile.
From
opposite p.201
in
[Combe, 1812, vol.2].
Effigy of Eleanor of Castile.
From 11:25
in
1945 film.
Effigy of Eleanor of Castile, Westminster Abbey.
From here.
See other shot
from here.
Effigy of Eleanor of Castile, Westminster Abbey.
From here.
From Shirley's Royal Ancestors site.
Used with permission.
Effigy of Eleanor of Castile, Westminster Abbey.
From here.
From Shirley's Royal Ancestors site.
Used with permission.
Drawing of the above effigy of Eleanor of Castile, Westminster Abbey.
From A Student's History of England
by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1916).
See here.
Originally from Stothard's Monumental Effigies.
See also a
cast of the effigy
at the
Victoria and Albert Museum.
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