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1. The last Chelsea Regatta.
*The last Chelsea Regatta. This print by William Greaves depicts the last Chelsea Regatta. Scores of people can be seen on the bank of the river cheering the rowers on.
2. The Painted Hall at Greenwich Hospital.
*The Painted Hall at Greenwich Hospital. The Painted Hall in 1951, when Greenwich Hospital had become the Royal Naval College. The Painted Hall is decorated with paintings by James...
3. The Painted Hall, Greenwich Hospital.
*The Painted Hall, Greenwich Hospital. The Painted Hall of Greenwich Hospital set for dining. It contains Thornhill's paintings portraying English naval and maritime power. Designed as the...
4. The exterior of the Grapes public house.
*The exterior of the Grapes public house. This beautiful old Limehouse tavern, with stunning views of the river, is described in Charles Dicken's book 'Our Mutual Friend'. In the novel the...
5. Stuart Greenwich showing the Queen's House and Placentia.
*Stuart Greenwich showing the Queen's House and Placentia. The Tudor palace of Placentia, where the Old Royal Naval College now stands, was as important for the early Stuart kings as it had been for the...
6. Queen Henrietta Maria, 1609-69.
*Queen Henrietta Maria, 1609-69. Queen Henrietta was the first queen to reside in the Queen's House at Greenwich, which Inigo Jones completed for her in 1635, although its planned...
7. Reception of Her Royal Highness - the Princesse of Orange as queene of great Brittain.
*Reception of Her Royal Highness - the Princesse of Orange as queene of great Brittain. The reception of Her Royal Highness the Princess of Orange as Queen of Great Britain at Gravesend.
8. Royal visit to the Tiger and passage down the Thames to Sheerness and Chatham.
*Royal visit to the Tiger and passage down the Thames to Sheerness and Chatham. The royal visit to the 'Tiger' and passage down the Thames to Sheerness and Chatham. Graphite and grey wash drawing by Willem Van de Velde, The...
9. The Painted Hall, Greenwich, 1 June 1843, open to the public as an art gallery.
*The Painted Hall, Greenwich, 1 June 1843, open to the public as an art gallery. Visitors in the Painted Hall, Royal Hospital Greenwich. The painted decoration took nineteen years to complete and was carried out by James...
10. The Painted Hall.
*The Painted Hall. The decorative scheme of the Painted Hall at Greenwich Hospital was designed by James Thornhill. Its complex paintings symbolise the superiority of...
 
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