This view from the Isle of Dogs is an ingenious adaptation of Stanfield's plate 48 (see PAD2232) in Cooke's series 'London and its Vicinity', completed in 1834, with a paddle steamer inserted between the Dutch sailing craft on the left and another seen on the right. This suggests it is after Greenwich acquired a steamer pier in 1836. The buoy on the foreshore, right, is inscribed 'Greenwich' where Stanfield's version shows his signature. PAD2223 is another copy. Unlike most views of the Hospital, Thames barges figure prominently in the foreground. The Royal Hospital was founded by William III and his wife Queen Mary II in 1694. From 1705 the Hospital provided residential accommodation for maimed and destitute Naval seamen - the Greenwich Pensioners - of whom it housed 2710 at its height in 1814, with many more 'out-Pensioners' dependent on it. [PvdM amended 10/08]