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Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats, including the paddle steamer "Diamond" heading downriver, in the foreground. Engraving by J. Watkins, 1843.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich: the interior of the Chapel. Engraving by Page.

H.M.S. Dreadnought, a hospital ship, being towed from Greenwich to Chatham by tugs. Wood engraving by J. Greenaway, with letterpress and view of St Paul's Cathedral in title area, 1872.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, the Lord Mayor of London disembarking, greeted by the Governor [?], with rowing boats and barges to the left. Engraving by V. Woodthorpe, 1804, after E. F. Burney.

Royal Naval Hospital Greenwich, viewed from afar with many ships in the foreground. Watercolour.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships, rowing boats, reeds and mooring posts in the foreground, seen from the Isle of Dogs. Coloured engraving by P. Audinet, 1798, after E. Dayes, 1797.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, a distant three-quarter view of the Hall and Chapel, looking east, the Infirmary in the foreground left. Coloured drawing by C. White, 1786.

Everyday life at Greenwich Hospital: left, Pensioners in one of the wards, right, inside one of the "cabbins". Wood engravings by M. Jackson, 1865.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground. Coloured engraving by Chavanne after Read.

A general plan of the layout of the Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with a scale and north point. Coloured lithograph, 1858, after P. C. Hardwick.

Boer War: the ward of a hospital ship in which a nurse converses with an anxious lady and her daughter. Gouache painting by F. Dickinson, 1899.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, from a boat in the river, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground, viewed from a distance up river. Lithograph by W. Westall after himself.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich: the interior of the King Charles Ward, with some "cabbins" and several pensioners. Wood engraving.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats, including the Royal Barge [?], in the foreground. Engraving.

Monument to Sir John Franklin in the Painted Hall at Greenwich Hospital. Wood engraving after R. Westmacott, 1859.

Royal Naval Hospital Greenwich, on the left, viewed from afar with many ships in the foreground, on the right the Royal Dockyard on the Isle of Dogs. Engraving.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground. Coloured engraving after T. Bowles, 1753.

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Hospitals, Naval and marine

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Images about Hospitals, Naval and marine

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Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich: the interior of the King Charles Ward, with some "cabbins" and several pensioners. Wood engraving.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats, including the Royal Barge [?], in the foreground. Engraving.

Monument to Sir John Franklin in the Painted Hall at Greenwich Hospital. Wood engraving after R. Westmacott, 1859.

Royal Naval Hospital Greenwich, on the left, viewed from afar with many ships in the foreground, on the right the Royal Dockyard on the Isle of Dogs. Engraving.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground. Coloured engraving after T. Bowles, 1753.

Hospitals, Naval and marine

Images from the collections

Images about Hospitals, Naval and marine

Works from the collections

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich: the interior of the King Charles Ward, with some "cabbins" and several pensioners. Wood engraving.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats, including the Royal Barge [?], in the foreground. Engraving.

Monument to Sir John Franklin in the Painted Hall at Greenwich Hospital. Wood engraving after R. Westmacott, 1859.

Royal Naval Hospital Greenwich, on the left, viewed from afar with many ships in the foreground, on the right the Royal Dockyard on the Isle of Dogs. Engraving.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground. Coloured engraving after T. Bowles, 1753.

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