Antiquarian Image Resources
Bring the past vividly to life
Explore our curated selection of links to antiquarian images that depict castles from various historical periods. These links to museums, galleries, rare print vendors and other online facilities enable you to find, in one place, a comprehensive view of all known antiquarian prints, engravings, sketches and paintings of named castles throughout the UK.
Many can be enlarged on screen and downloaded, and freely used in non-commercial, educational material, provided suitable credits are given, permissions sought and copyright sources acknowledged. These resources are invaluable for understanding the landscape integration and structural evolution of castles across different eras and regions. Explore detailed artistic renditions that bring the past vividly to life.
Museums & Galleries
- A Guide to British Topographical Collections – M W Barley 1974 (by county)
- The British Library
- The King’s Topographical Collection (King George III)
- Historic England
- The British Museum
- Cambridge University Digital Library
- Cambridge University: The Fitzwilliam Museum & Gallery
- The Courtauld Gallery London
- The Royal Collection Trust
- The Society of Antiquaries
- Tate Britain
- George Vertue’s Vetusta Monumenta
- The Ashmolean Museum - Oxford
- The Yale Center for British Art
- Birmingham Museums
- Cambridge: The Relhan Collection
- Harvard Library Digital Collection
- National Galleries of Scotland
- Francis Towne Images
- The National Museum of Wales
- The National Library of Wales
- National Gallery of Ireland
- The Met (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
- Art UK
- Watercolour World: Database of pre-1900 watercolours from private and public collections around the world
- The Government Art Collection
- The Victoria & Albert Museum
- For Samuel and Nathaniel Buck images (1720s - 1750s) I
- National Museum Liverpool
- Leeds Art Gallery
- Manchester Art Gallery
- Norfolk Museum Collections