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The Painted Hall.

The Painted Hall.
The Painted Hall.
© National Maritime Museum, London
Repro ID: H1969
Description: The decorative scheme of the Painted Hall at Greenwich Hospital was designed by James Thornhill. Its complex paintings symbolise the superiority of maritime Britain and the legitimacy of the royal succession following the Glorious Revolution of 1688-89 and the Hanoverian assumption of the throne in 1714. The Hall was originally intended to be a dining hall for the Greenwich Pensioners, who inhabited the Greenwich Hospital, but its grandiose paintings made it inappropriate for that purpose.
Creator: Ministry of Works
Date: September 1952
Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London
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