Excerpt from Windsor Castle, Vol. 2: An Architectural History; Collected and Written by Command of Their Majesties Queen Victoria, King Edward VII and King George V
Fig. 41. West window of the Lady Chapel LXXIX. Interior of the Albert Memorial Chapel, formerly the Lady Chapel Fig. 42. Vaulted passage between the Lady Chapel and St. George's Chapel. Fig. 43. Monogram of King Henry VII and Queen Elizabeth of York LXXX. Vaulted Passage or Gallery into the Lower Cloister facing Fig. 44. Pier of the wall-arcade on the north Side of the chapel of King Henry III.
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