Axial Commons Image Treasury
Engraving of Greenwich Hospital across a river, with sailboats, rowing boats, two figures on the shore, and reeds in the foreground.

Greenwich Hospital, Kent, viewed across the Thames, 1822

An engraved view of a large classical hospital complex with domed towers and long colonnaded blocks rising above the river. Small rowing boats, a sailing vessel, and two figures on the muddy shore occupy the foreground, with reeds at lower right.

Artist
Thomas Hosmer Shepherd
Date
1 April 1822
Medium
Engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3378 px
Download full size
Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1822.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

The Sea and ShipsDogs Through Historyclassical architectureengravingtopographical viewsailing shipsrowing boatthames river

More from The Sea and Ships

De zeven planetenDe zeven planetenDune Landscape with Hunters RestingDune Landscape with Hunters RestingAstronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including an shipwreck, a mob by St Paul's Cathedral, people dying from Cholera [?], and Hibernia pleading with Britannia [?]. Coloured lithograph, [c.1872?].Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including an shipwreck, a mob by St Paul's CathedraUnloading Ship at Bassen DocksUnloading Ship at Bassen DocksTwo men in a rowing boat are attacked by a giant eel. Drawing by W. E. Wigfull, 1908.Two men in a rowing boat are attacked by a giant eel. Drawing by W. E. Wigfull, 1908.A voyage to the islands, Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica with the natural history of the herbs and trees, four-footed beasts, fishes, birds, insects, reptiles, &c. of the last of those islands; to which is prefix'd an introduction, wherein is an account of the inhabitants, air, waters, diseases, trade, &c. of that place, with some relations concerning the neighbouring continent, and islands of America. Illustrated with figures of the things described, which have not been heretofore engraved; in large copper-plates as big as the life / By Hans Sloane.A voyage to the islands, Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica with the na