North view of Traitor's Gate, Tower of London Product:Greetings card A tigress once housed in

A tigress once housed in the Royal Menagerie at the Tower of London

In 1810 Beaufoys' moved to a new works in South Lambeth Road

' Two children buy from a periwinkle seller with a statue in the distance

View of St Katharine's Dock from the basin

Tile-hung facade of the Rose Tavern as it appeared in about 1730

North view of Traitor's Gate, Tower of London Product:Greetings card A tigress once housed inNorth view of Traitor's Gate, Tower of London, 1798. On its completion in 1097 the Tower provided accommodation for the king, but in later centuries was used as a prison, armoury and military store. The gate was built during the reign of Edward I to provide an entrance to the Tower directly from the Thames. In Tudor times it was the entrance through which several prominent prisoners were brought into the Tower before their imprisonment and execution,