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The Admiralty - Board Room. Meeting of the Lords of the Admiralty

The Admiralty - Board Room. Meeting of the Lords of the Admiralty
The Admiralty - Board Room. Meeting of the Lords of the Admiralty
© National Maritime Museum, London
Repro ID: PU1392
Description: Naval business is conducted at the Admiralty, Whitehall. The Admiralty boardroom fireplace contains carved wooden garlands and nautical instruments that were taken from an earlier building designed by Wren. These interior decorations may have been created by Grinling Gibbons.
Creator: Thomas Rowlandson (artist and engraver); H. Melville (engraver)
Date: 19th century
Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London
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