The Royal Hospital at Greenwich.

Repro ID: PU2219

Description: A nineteenth-century print of the Royal Hospital Greenwich. The Royal Hospital Greenwich was founded in 1694 by Queen Mary, who gave the royal estate at Greenwich for a house for pensioned seamen and marines. The foundation stone was laid in 1696 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.

Creator: Unknown

Date: 19th century

Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London