TOWER OF LONDON 1876 Sir John Gilbert - Henry Melville ANTIQUE ENGRAVING

Original 1876 11 3/4 inch x 8 3/4 inch Steel Engraving titled THE TOWER OF LONDON - THE GREAT HORSE ARMOURY
Suits of medieval knights on horseback being shown to visitors by a Beefeater (Yeoman Warder).

Engraved by Henry Melville (1792-1870)
After Sir John Gilbert (1817 - 1897). Sir John Gilbert worked initially for his father's estate agency, before turning to art. In 1836 he began exhibiting at the Royal Society of British Artists and the British Institution, and from 1842 he was the first artist to contribute historical scenes to the Illustrated London News, making a total of 30,000 illustrations in forty years. Gilbert began to paint in watercolour in 1851; he was elected to the Old Water Colour Society in 1854 and was its President in 1871. He became an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1872 and a Royal Academician in 1876.
From ‘The Royal History of England from the Earliest Period to the Present Time’ by Henry Tyrrell, W.C. Staffordf and John Sherer, Published in 1876 by J.G. Murdoch, 41, Castle Street, Holborn, London.

Image size 7 1/8 inch x 5 1/4 inch

The engraving is in very good condition with minor warping. Reverse side blank.