Title

'Old View of Greenwich Palace. (After Hollar.)', (c1878). Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'Old View of Greenwich Palace. (After Hollar.)', (c1878). The Palace of Placentia as it would have looked in the 17th century. It was built on the banks of the Thames at Greenwich by Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester in 1447. In 1660 King Charles II engaged John Webb to build a new royal palace on the site but the work never completed. In 1694 the old palace was demolished and Webb's building was incorporated into the Greenwich Hospital. From Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, And Its Places. The Southern Suburbs, Volume VI, by Edward Walford. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York, c1878]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1878

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D50_442

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,5Mb (3,1Mb) / 25,7in x 9,1in / 7709 x 2742 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation exterior outdoors city river building buildings London England River Thames Thames job architecture boat boats country occupation British geography English palace location century architectural Britain profession outside B&W MONOCHROME 17th century Greenwich publication 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W publisher nineteenth century seventeenth century The Print Collector geographical feature TGN Wenceslaus Hollar landscape Old and New London Cassell Unknown Edward Walford Edward Walford Palace of Placentia Greenwich palace Cassell & Company Ltd Hollar Wenceslaus Vaclav Hollar Wenzel Hollar Winceslaus Hollar Wenceslas Hollar Wenceslaus Hollar Petter Galpin & Co Galpin & Company Edward Walford landscape