This large print shows the Chapel as reconstructed in Greek-revival style by James 'Athenian' Stuart, the Greenwich Hospital Surveyor, and William Newton, the Clerk of Works, after the 1779 fire that gutted Ripley's much simpler original interior.

The concept was one of Stuart's last projects before he died in 1789, and most of the detailing and execution was by Newton, who resented the lack of credit he received for it at the time, an injustice now more widely recognized. Benjamin West's altarpiece, 'The Preservation of St Paul after Shipwreck on Malta' - the only major work by him which is today still in its intended position - here stands behind the centrally placed 'three-decker' pulpit. The circular drum of the pulpit now stands to right of the altar (where a box pew features in the print) and the lower lectern and reading desk are preserved in the dome of the Chapel.

In the aisle, an officer shows two gentlemen and three ladies the right pews, perhaps explaining why they are all shown as pushed up close and unusable - possibly to discourage use of the Chapel as a general sitting area for the Greenwich Pensioners. What appear to be two Chaplains speak with two more ladies of the party and three Chapel yeomen, or tipstaves, dance attendance.

While of impressive size and detail, the overall quality suggests that this print is by an amateur hand. It is possible that the Hopleys were personally connected with Greenwich Hospital although a subject painter called Edward William John Hopley (1816-69) did exhibit in London from 1845. This is nothing like his named subjects, but based on the style of dress shown - and if not a pure coincidence of names - it might be a juvenile exercise of the 1820s or early 1830s from a drawing by a relative.