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11. The Admiralty - Board Room. Meeting of the Lords of the Admiralty
*The Admiralty - Board Room. Meeting of the Lords of the Admiralty Naval business is conducted at the Admiralty, Whitehall. The Admiralty boardroom fireplace contains carved wooden garlands and nautical instruments...
12. 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...
13. St Paul's Cathedral, London at sunset.
*St Paul's Cathedral, London at sunset. Edward William Cooke trained as an engraver, developing a meticulously accurate technique from an early age. Because of his detailed knowledge of...
14. Sketch for the ceiling of the Painted Hall.
*Sketch for the ceiling of the Painted Hall. The Painted Hall was originally designed as a dining hall, but has been used as a museum, an art gallery and the resting place of Lord Nelson, during...
15. Sir John Evelyn's plan for re-building the City of London.
*Sir John Evelyn's plan for re-building the City of London. Sir John Evelyn proposed that the City of London should abandon its existing street gridplan and be rebuilt along radically different lines. He hoped...
16. Sir George Biddell Airy, Seventh Astronomer Royal (1835 -81).
*Sir George Biddell Airy, Seventh Astronomer Royal (1835 -81). Lithograph of the 7th Astronomer Royal, Sir George Biddell Airy. He is depicted from the waist up, wearing a jacket, waistcoat, shirt and bow tie and...
17. Sir Christopher Wren.
*Sir Christopher Wren. A mezzotint of Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723). Wren had a great impact on the growing city of London. He suggested that Greenwich should be the...
18. Sketch for the fireplace in the Painted Hall.
*Sketch for the fireplace in the Painted Hall. This design commemorates George I landing at Greenwich from Hanover on his succession in 1714. The scene of the king borne on a triumphal car...
19. Sketch of barges on the Thames.
*Sketch of barges on the Thames. A sketch of barges on the River Thames. William Lionel Wyllie (1851-1931) painted, drew and etched themes related to the River Thames. He was one of...
20. 'Spooner's Proteau views No 30. Greenwich Hospital, Changing to the Battle of Trafalgar'.
*'Spooner's Proteau views No 30. Greenwich Hospital, Changing to the Battle of Trafalgar'. 'Protean views' are a table-top version of the 'diorama', which Daguerre brought to London as a public entertainment in 1821 but only later developed...
 
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