Greenwich Hospital from the East, 1835

Image credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

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A view looking west across the river frontage of Greenwich Hospital. On the left is the 'Old George Inn', which in 1837 was replaced by the present 'Trafalgar Tavern', with passenger wherries and local fishing boats moored off what was then one of the main local landing places at the north end of modern Park Row. Beyond the Hospital, here shown flying the Union flag over the Governor's House in the King Charles Court, can be seen Fisher's Alley, or Fisher Lane, 'The Ship Inn' and the buildings around Greenwich landing. A crane is distinctly visible beyond and a number of people have been portrayed on the Five-Foot Walk, in front of the Hospital. The white building near the crane is one of a pair of pavilions terminating each end of the riverfront walk inside the Hospital railings, reportedly erected in 1778 though possibly an enlargement of earlier ones if Canaletto's view of c.1752 (BHC1827) is accurate in showing something similar. They no longer survive. On the extreme right, beyond the brig coming downstream, is the hospital ship 'Dreadnought'.

National Maritime Museum

London

Title

Greenwich Hospital from the East, 1835

Date

1835

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 69.8 x W 101.6 cm

Accession number

BHC1823

Work type

Painting

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