Repro ID: D4930_3
Title: Stuart Greenwich showing the Queen's House and Placentia.
Description: 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 Tudors. James I, who reigned from 1603 to 1625, often stayed there. Traditionally, James is said to have given the Manor of Greenwich to his Queen, Anne of Denmark, in apology for having sworn at her in public, after she accidentally shot one of his favourite dogs while hunting in 1614.
This was fortunate for Greenwich, because Anne commissioned the Queen's House, Britain's first building in the Palladian style.
Creator: Unknown
Date: 18th century
Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London
