Greenwich Hospital.

Repro ID: PU2215

Description: An engraving of Greenwich Hospital as seen from the Thames, dated 4 June 1810. The Royal Greenwich Hospital was founded by Queen Mary, and the first pensioners were admitted in 1705. In addition to the in-pensioners, the hospital also maintained out-pensioners and provided pensions and allowances for widows and orphans of seamen and marines. A school for the sons of seamen was attached to the hospital and in 1939 it absorbed the Royal Naval Asylum for the children of seamen. It ceased to house in-pensioners in 1869 and in 1873 the building became the home of the Royal Naval College; but the hospital continued to administer the school, which moved to Holbrook in 1933.

Creator: Scatcherd & Letterman (publishers)

Date: 4 June 1810

Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London