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Man, who was the first pensioner received into the hospital. Other illustrious persons, appears the venerable head of John Worley, a fine* old In this apartment, among kings and queens and Retreat of the former, by braving with his single ship the whole force of the enemy,Īnd desperately continuing the struggle after the vessel was in flames, till she blew When the British fleet was overpowered at Solbay by the Dutch, secured the Here are portraits of William and Mary, by Kneller, and one,īy Lely, of Edward, the first Earl of Sandwich who, at the expense of his life, Naval heroes, and M^ith portraits of the royal founders and several benefactors The latter is appropriately adorned with pictures of naval exploits and King Charles's building contains the Governor's apartments and the Council. The woody eminence crowned by the Royal Observatory in tlie park. The high road and a lawn, is the building of Henrietta Maria, which still deserves,įor its elegance, to be called the House of Dehght and just al)ove it appears The Great Hall facing the spectator, and only separated from the hospital by
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The display of architecture from about this point has been justlyĪdmired : to the right and left are the domes and colonnades of the Chapel and
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Statue was presented to the hospital by Sir George Jennings, one of the Single block of marble taken from the French by Sir George Rooke. Square is a statue, by Rysbrache, of George IL, which was formed out of a Of Doric pillars, with an entablature, in front. Queen Marys, which are also on opposite sides, and have each a long colonnade Next to these stand the piles called King miliams and Thames only leaving space enough for a stone terrace between their gable wallsĪnd the water's edge. Kintj Charle*Īnd Queen Amies Buildings are opposite to each other, and nearly abut upon the Sovereigns under whose patronage they were principally erected. These buildings are distinguished by the names of the several Two sides of a spacious court, the other two remaining open towards the riverĪnd the park. Is a handsome Grecian edifice, consisting of four separate buildings, which confine Greenwich Hospital (or " College" as the old pensioners prefer to call it) Ministers of state, particularly the Lord Admiral and the Lord Treasurer. Office may be vested.) A general superintendence of its affairs is exercised,Īt frequent intervals, by a court of seven commissioners, which became a bodyĬorporate in 1775, and always includes among its members some of the highest Governor and the Treasurer are appointed by the Crown the subordinateįunctionaries by the Lord High Admiral, (or the committee in whom that The difficulties here intimated, however, have been surmounted even to anĮxtent exceeding his most sanguine anticipation and in return the author canĬlaim for himself, with the greatest confidence, the merit of not having abusee supposed toĪll the officers of the hospital must belong to the naval profession. Sensible that nothing short of a disposition all but universal in his favour coiddĮnable him to give it such a stamp of originality and novelty as might warrant Obtain the intelHgence absolutely necessary to make it acceptable. Of the uncertainty as to how far it might be possible, by personal ajjpHcation, to Was entered upon by the author with the greatest diffidence, from a consciousness The subject of the present work, after a protracted consideration of some years, PUBLISHED FOR THE PROPRIETOR, AT THE OFFICE OF THE AUTHOR,ĭENNETT, PRINTEB, UNION BUILDINGS, LEATHEK LANE. SBitt) l!^oti((!9 of tt)e principal art)Ut(t)C0tĪND THE MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS OF DISTINGUISHED FAMILIES.ĮXPRESSLY COKSTRUCTED TO SUIT THE DESIOR OF THIS WORK,ĮXHIBITIXG IN ONE VIEW THE PARKS, PADDOCKS, SEATS, AND OTHER RESIDENCES INCLUDED THE NAMES, TITLES, AND OTHER DISTINCTIONS, MOST REMARKABLE OBJECTS, PERSONS, AND EVENTS,ĪllCHITFXTURE, INTERIOR DECORATIONS, SURROUNDING SCENERY, ETC. described, from personal observations, and the mames, titles and other distinctions, civil, military or ecclesiastical, inserted, with notices of the principal churches, and the monuments and memorials of distinguished families"
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of the nobility, clergy and gentry, their architecture, interior decorations, surrounding scenery, etc.
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