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Description: | A painting showing a panoramic view of Greenwich including the Queen?s House, the Royal Observatory Greenwich, and the Thames. It shows the view from One Tree Hill in the early days of the Royal Observatory, before London spread out as far as Greenwich. The part of the Observatory depicted in this picture is the original Flamsteed House designed by Sir Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke and completed in 1676. A number of people can be seen walking up to the Observatory.
The avenue of trees leads down past the three quarter view of the Queens House to the palace of Placentia which at the time of this view was in the course of demolition. Charles II had intended building a new palace here and the first range of it, designed by John Webb and built in 1664, can be seen on the right. The building actually became the King Charles block of Greenwich Hospital. The Queen Anne, King William and Queen Mary blocks were erected between 1696 and 1752.
In the mid distance are the towers of the medieval St Alphege, Greenwich and St Nicholas, Deptford. On the horizon are the towers and spires of several post-Fire churches and also the Monument completed in 1676. The buildings on Crooms Hill have however been omitted, although on the right the artist has included the well preserved houses to the east. The River Thames is full of shipping and the Isle of Dogs, with its row of windmills is visible on the right Based on the architecture shown the painting probably dates to about 1705. There are several other versions of this painting in existence.
It will need to be checked for object numbers and its condition activity updated; This object was sighted as being on display during the Collections Inventory Project (2001-2005).
caption: View from One Tree Hill: The Queen's House and the Royal Observatory, Greenwich - older image renamed as L4413
caption: View from One Tree Hill: The Queen's House and the Royal Observatory, Greenwich | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | paintings | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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