Title: The Painted Hall, Greenwich Hospital: design for the west wall.
Description: This design was not in fact executed for the great west front in the Upper Hall, but it does contain a number of elements that appear in variant form in the final version. These include the Corinthian columns, the seated figure of George I and the standing figures of his son George II as Prince of Wales and of Prince Frederick standing by the king. The urn on the right was discarded but the trophies of arms below the pillars were retained. The curved arcade seen in the background was replaced by a view of the dome of St Paul's Cathedral.
Creator: Sir James Thornhill (1676-1734)
Date: 18th century
Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London
