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Designed in the early 18th century by Sir James Thornhill, the Painted Hall features more than 3,700 square metres of Baroque walls and ceilings. These surfaces are covered in striking images depicting 200 figures including kings, queens and mythological creatures.
- The First Proposal
- The Second Proposal
- The Paintings
- Where Did The Windows Go?
- The Opening of The Gallery
- Where Did The Paintings Go?
Two years after William Locker’s appointment, he submitted a plan to the Hospital’s Board of Directors. His proposal was a gallery of naval paintings in the Painted Hall to ‘perpetuate the memory of brave officers’. Locker was firm in his belief that the Greenwich Hospitalwas the perfect place to house these paintings, as it complemented the wealth...
However, the story does not end there. On 20 September 1823, William Locker’s youngest son, Edward Hawke Locker, who was Secretary at Greenwich Hospital, submitted another proposal for the creation of a gallery in the Painted Hall. In contrast to his father’s active naval career, Edward had pursued a civil path within naval administration since the...
Early in 1824, the Naval Gallery received a total of 39 paintings from the Royal Collection donated by George IV. Some were replicas as the King wasn’t always willing to give up the originals. This unintentionally created a precedent for private donors, and the gallery was slowly populated with paintings depicting naval battles and portraits of Bri...
One of the most beautiful sights in the Painted Hall is to see the light change throughout the day, entering through the high windows. However, to hang the paintings, these stunning windows had to be blocked. To do so, Edward proposed the construction of side walls and a system of iron rods to hang the frames. These were painted in a uniform colour...
The gallery officially opened to the public in the spring of 1824. In 1832, Locker claimed that more than 50,000 people a year had visited the gallery. By 1840, after the opening of the London and Greenwich Railway, the annual visitor figure was 100,000. Greenwich Pensioners were paid to invigilate the gallery, and they also gave guided tours (not ...
Even though the Royal Hospital for Seamen was closed in 1869, the Gallery remained open until 1936, and most artworks were transferred to the newly founded National Maritime Museum in Greenwich Park. Currently, some of these artworks are on display in the Museum galleries and in the Queen’s House, and others are held in storage. The Painted Hall un...
Maritime Greenwich. UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Chapel is in Queen Mary Court (left) and the Painted Hall is in King William Court (right). The domes are above the entrances. Location. United Kingdom. Includes. Old Royal Naval College. Greenwich Hospital, London.
14 giu 2021 · The surfaces of the hall are covered in striking paintings depicting 200 figures including kings, queens and mythological creatures. Known as ‘Britain’s Sistine Chapel’, the project took nineteen years from the start of the commission to its completion in 1726.
2 mag 2013 · The Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, designed by Christopher Wren and covered with paintings by James Thornhill (father-in-law of the much more famous artist...
30 mar 2017 · The vast ceiling painting within Wren and Hawksmoor’s Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College at Greenwich may not be quite Michelangelo but it’s certainly impressive. One of the...
2 mag 2013 · The Painted Hall of the Old Royal Naval College, dubbed the "finest dining hall in Europe", has had some of its wall and ceiling artworks restored for the first time in more than 50...
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