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03-SEP-2015

Being There...

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Prisoner Graffiti in the Tower of London

Many of the Tower of London's Inner and Outer Ward Towers are marked
by graffiti carved by prisoners who were kept in the lower and upper rooms. Most
of the tower prisoner graffiti date between the 1530s and 1670s.

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Technical Info: Added a rice texturize to bring up the
ancient stone tones.

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Sam Rua09-Sep-2017 18:48
Very interesting to see a permanent record of their captivity from so long ago.
Range View 03-Nov-2015 01:24
A fascinating story about this ancient graffiti. Great work. V
Barbara
Tom LeRoy24-Oct-2015 15:46
Truly fascinating! This early form of graffiti is really special. Fine shot, Al. V
hamery24-Oct-2015 07:15
Lovely detail and marvelous tone and a feeling of loneliness in here, Allan. V
Colin Storey23-Oct-2015 18:28
Great sharp image of the etchings.
Neil Marcus23-Oct-2015 16:30
Morality, in a way.
Richard Marcus23-Oct-2015 16:15
Wonderful capture of some fascinating history. V
Blandine Mangin23-Oct-2015 15:01
nice detail ! v
Martin Lamoon23-Oct-2015 11:10
Excellent photograph and processing.
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joseantonio23-Oct-2015 04:08
they had a lot of time to spare while being there.Great find and capture.V
Julie Oldfield23-Oct-2015 02:27
Fascinating image!
globalgadabout23-Oct-2015 01:42
something to do during the confinement...interesting the trend began during the reign of Henry the Eighth..
peterjay4523-Oct-2015 01:35
Super shot of these etchings, Al, so interesting.
Jim Coffman22-Oct-2015 23:53
This is very interesting! Nice capture,Al..
larose forest photos22-Oct-2015 23:49
Amazing to see something a prisoner scratched out all those years ago! V