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Description: | Llwyd Roberts 1930
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.
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.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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