Greenwich Hospital from the North

An architecturally inept view by Ouless, a Channel Islands marine painter, in which the figures are also out of proportion to the very inaccurately rendered buildings of the Hospital - possibly derived from one or more much older prints, since the waterfront step arrangements shown never existed. The shipping is better, with a hay barge and an inward-bound Boulogne packet on the left, a brig on the right and other craft. The Greenwich Hospital 'model' drill-ship 'Fame' is shown in front of the Queen's House, then the centre of the School.

Object Details

ID: BHC1831
Collection: Fine art
Type: Painting
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Ouless, Philip John
Places: Greenwich; Greenwich Hospital
Date made: 1852?
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Frame: 614 mm x 927 mm x 75 mm; Painting: 533 mm x 838 mm