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Illustrations of history

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This magazine is for sharing artwork of historical events, places, personages, etc. Scale models and the like also welcome!

Generally speaking, actual photos of a historical item should go to [email protected]

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by d00ery to c/historyillustrations
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[–] manualoverride 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I’m 99% certain I had this textbook at school.

[–] d00ery 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
[–] manualoverride 4 points 1 month ago

That does look familiar 🙂

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That looks like the AoE2 castle.

[–] d00ery 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It certainly does! I wonder if there's a real life castle they are based on.

[–] teft 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Your image says this is Orford Castle.

[–] d00ery 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's the cross section (circular keep) in the top left corner. But, I originally had the post title as Orford Castle until I'd re-read it a few times!

[–] teft 1 points 1 month ago

Look at the picture and compare it to the cutout. They're the same just the cutout isn't exact. The towers are wrong for one. But look at the base and they appear to be the same castle.

I would take it as artistic license.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Am I losing my mind or is the cross section of a different castle? I can't see the round section inside?

Edit: Nevermind, the text clarifies that these are 2 different castles. A picture of the keep from the cross section is in one of the comments.

[–] d00ery 3 points 1 month ago

Yes, I originally had the title as Ordord Castle until I'd re-read it a few times!

[–] hate2bme 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] d00ery 2 points 1 month ago

I'll have to see if there's a picture including the garderobe

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Stephen Biesty cross-section castle illustrations are amazing. And they also show where the poop goes.