The Crown Jewels and the Jewel Rooms 1066-1966
Reference code
SIT/01/21
Title
The Crown Jewels and the Jewel Rooms 1066-1966
Level of description
file
Scope and content
Typescript of a draft introduction, with handwritten annotations, of an unpublished book detailing the history of the crown jewels and regalia and the display of jewels at the Tower of London. There are also some prints of the areas of the Tower of London, including the jewel house and the Norman chapel, during the Victorian period and some black and white photographs showing various pieces of State Regalia, with the negatives included.
Creator
Sitwell, Hervey Degge Wilmot (1896-1973), Major General and Keeper of the Jewel House, Tower of London
Previous reference number(s)
file 45