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Description: | Two studies, one above the other and annotated by Thornhill on a single sheet, laid down on another with a drawn border. Both show George, Prince of Wales (later George II), in armour on the left at the top of steps, with Thornhill at the bottom, back to viewer by the pillar base on the right. The Prince has his left hand on his hip and holds a commander's baton in his right. Thornhill's left hand is also on his hip and gestures towards the Prince with his right, while his head turns over his left shoulder to look out at the viewer.
Between these two in the top sketch stand three bewigged figures, the central one showing a paper with a list, the fourth man being at a lower seated level. Thornhill has noted above that these are 'The 4 L[or]ds Com[m]iss[ione]rs [of the Admiralty] that / are Admirals'. On the lower version they are replaced by a single bewigged figure annotated as 'S[i]r J[ohn]. Jennings showing a / Plan of p[ar]t of ye Hospital to ye / Prince' : Admiral Jennings was the Hospital Governor, 1720-43. On both versions George is annotated below, 'P. Wales', with Thornhill annotated on the pillar base at the bottom only, 'J Thornhill / showing ye / Painting'. As executed in the Upper Hall, the figures of the Prince and Thornhill are also posed as shown here. Between them, however, stands the female figure of Britannia with a trident, holding up a list of British naval victories, presumably that shown here by the admiral in the top sketch. Lower left and right are two collectors' marks, VH and a monogram TAK[?]. According to the 1922 catalogue of the Naval Gallery in the Painted Hall of Greenwich Hospital, this drawing (the only one known of the subject) was presented to the Hospital by James 'Athenian' Stuart in 1781. If so the collectors' marks must be earlier.
Box Title: F size. Box 7. Drawings T-W & Unknown.
caption: Sketches for the West Wall of the Painted Hall, annotated | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Thornhill Greenwich drawings James | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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