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1. Thames.
*Thames. This drawing by William Lionel Wyllie (1851-1931) shows a variety of vessels, including steam tugs, barges and sailing vessels, on the river Thames.
2. The Mary (1677) arriving with Princess Mary at Gravesend in a fresh breeze.
*The Mary (1677) arriving with Princess Mary at Gravesend in a fresh breeze. The painting shows the scene viewed from the middle of Gravesend Reach looking upstream to the west and to Northfleet. The tower of Gravesend church...
3. Thames Barges.
*Thames Barges. This romantic drawing shows barges on the river Thames with the masts of a sailing ship behind. Wyllie (1851-1931) spent many years living on and...
4. Sunset on the Thames c. 1860.
*Sunset on the Thames c. 1860. Haden was a surgeon by profession, but also a notable etcher in the 19th century. By 1858-59, Haden's brother-in-law, the noted artist James Abbott...
5. Study of lighters.
*Study of lighters. This study was painted by the well-known London-born sea-painter W. L. Wyllie. Wyllie often painted views associated with the Thames, and during the...
6. The Royal Escape close-hauled in a breeze.
*The Royal Escape close-hauled in a breeze. The 'Royal Escape' was a coasting collier previously known as the 'Surprise', in which King Charles II escaped to France after his defeat by Cromwell...
7. The Tovarishch Kherson in the Lower Pool.
*The Tovarishch Kherson in the Lower Pool. The Soviet training ship 'Tovarishch Kherson', formerly the German 'Garsh Fock' (1933), in the Lower Pool. The photograph was taken around 1975,...
8. The archway of the Painted Hall in 1951.
*The archway of the Painted Hall in 1951. The fine archway of the Painted Hall of Greenwich Hospital, photographed in 1951 when the building was still occupied by the Royal Naval College.
9. The Anglican Cathedral from opposite the Creek, Zanzibar.
*The Anglican Cathedral from opposite the Creek, Zanzibar. The Anglican Cathedral was built in 1887 to commemorate the end of the slave trade. The site chosen for the cathedral was formally the location of...
10. 'The ancient palace at Greenwich called Placentia, the birthplace of Queen Elizabeth'
*'The ancient palace at Greenwich called Placentia, the birthplace of Queen Elizabeth' Elizabeth I was born at the Palace of Greenwich in 1533. Despite the title of the print, the Tudors no longer called the palace by its former name of...
 
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