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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.

Two Greenwich Pensioners sitting in the garden of a tavern, near the Hospital, a woman behind listening to them, another Pensioner in the distance on the right. Mezzotint, 1791.

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

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, 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.

Greenwich, with London in the distance. Lithograph by or after W. Westall, 1826.

A Greenwich pensioner, filling a pipe with tobacco, a tankard of ale at his elbow. Engraving by J. Jenkins after M. W. Sharp.

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.

London, seen from Greenwich. Engraving, 1754.

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

Saint Paul shipwrecked on Malta. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1791, after B. West.

Saint Paul landing on Malta (Acts. 27-28). Etching by F. Bartolozzi after B. West, 1791.

Articles and instructions for the better government of His Majesty's Royal Hospital for Seamen : appointed ... at a General Court of the Governors and Commissioners ... 1730.

A sermon preached in the chapel of the Royal Hospital for Seamen, at Greenwich : on Sunday, October 18, 1789 / By Charles Peter Layard.

Official papers relating to operations performed by order of the directors of the Royal Hospital for Seamen ... for the purpose of ascertaining the general efficacy of the new modes of treatment practised by Mr. Adams, for the cure of the various species of cataract, and the Egyptian ophthalmia.

Establishment for admitting, maintaining and educating poor boys ... and for binding them out apprentices to the sea-service. Established at a General Court.

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Saint Paul shipwrecked on Malta. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1791, after B. West.

Articles and instructions for the better government of His Majesty's Royal Hospital for Seamen : appointed ... at a General Court of the Governors and Commissioners ... 1730.

A sermon preached in the chapel of the Royal Hospital for Seamen, at Greenwich : on Sunday, October 18, 1789 / By Charles Peter Layard.

Official papers relating to operations performed by order of the directors of the Royal Hospital for Seamen ... for the purpose of ascertaining the general efficacy of the new modes of treatment practised by Mr. Adams, for the cure of the various species of cataract, and the Egyptian ophthalmia.

Establishment for admitting, maintaining and educating poor boys ... and for binding them out apprentices to the sea-service. Established at a General Court.