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The Royal Naval College, Greenwich, King William Quadrangle, showing the Tympanum on which is sculptured an allegorical representation of “The immortality of Nelson”
This is a fine architectural study, looking east from the King William courtyard of the Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich.
Inscribed lower left: ‘The Royal Naval College / Greenwich / The King William Quadrangle / showing the Tympanum on which / is sculptured an allegorical representation of / “The immortality of Nelson” / This was designed by / Sir Benjamin West, P.R.A.’
Signed lower right: ‘Llwyd Roberts 1930’
John Richard Llwyd Roberts (1875-1940) produced several topographical and architectural studies of South East London. A selection of the artist’s views of Greenwich was exhibited at the Woodlands Art Gallery in 1976, with a small accompanying catalogue (not in the Caird library). See: Llwyd Roberts: Watercolours and drawings of places in the Borough of Greenwich, exh. cat., Woodlands Art Gallery, Greenwich, 18 December 1976 to 18 January 1977.
Inscribed lower left: ‘The Royal Naval College / Greenwich / The King William Quadrangle / showing the Tympanum on which / is sculptured an allegorical representation of / “The immortality of Nelson” / This was designed by / Sir Benjamin West, P.R.A.’
Signed lower right: ‘Llwyd Roberts 1930’
John Richard Llwyd Roberts (1875-1940) produced several topographical and architectural studies of South East London. A selection of the artist’s views of Greenwich was exhibited at the Woodlands Art Gallery in 1976, with a small accompanying catalogue (not in the Caird library). See: Llwyd Roberts: Watercolours and drawings of places in the Borough of Greenwich, exh. cat., Woodlands Art Gallery, Greenwich, 18 December 1976 to 18 January 1977.
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Object Details
| ID: | ZBA4598 |
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| Type: | Drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Llwyd Roberts, John Richard |
| Date made: | 1930 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 378 mm x 505 mm; Image: 239 mm x 320 mm |
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