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Description: | The title given above for this preliminary design for the west wall is inscribed in a 20th-century hand along the bottom. Michael Robinson has also noted on the mount: 'Drawn after the death of George, Prince of Denmark in 1708 and before 1714', with a note of the paper as 'Watermark IV (I Villedary)'. The setting is a deep, rusticated, vertical rectangular opening, with a curtain drawn back upper right by putti, and a cartouche with the letters 'AR' (Anna Regina) with lion and unicorn supporters.
Up the lower steps Queen Anne sits enthroned on the left under a canopy, receiving an architectural plan from two figures, one with a staff of office and both apparently wearing the Star of the Garter. This is watched by an assembly of men of science, right. The centre arch of an arcade behind gives onto a prospect of warships at sea and what may be the front of St Paul's Cathedral to the right. A female figure of Fame hovers above with a trumpet. At the top a reclining female figure and putti are apparently painted on the ceiling in false perspective. A scale of six feet, at 3/8 inch: 1 ft is indicated lower right.
Box Title: 9. Miscellaneous.
caption: First design for the upper end of the Painted Hall, Greenwich Hospital | 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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