2-692-859 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Caister Castle, near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, c1840. Caister Castle is a 15th-century moated castle situated in the parish of West Caister. The castle had a 100 ft (33 m) high tower and was built between 1432 and 1446 by Sir John Fastolf, who (along with Sir John Oldcastle) was an inspiration for William Shakespeare's Falstaff. Lithograph inscribed to John Gurney Esquire of Hoveton Hall, Norfolk, 'to whose taste and liberality the country is indebted for the preservation of these interesting and picturesque Ruins, this little sketch is most respectfully inscribed'.