Oil paint on canvas
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Collection
Unknown artist, Britain
Greenwich Hospital
Presented by the Hon. Mrs Phillimore 1934
architecture
boat, rowing
dome
England
features
Greenwich, Queen’s House
Greenwich, Royal Naval Hospital
hospital
natural phenomena
places
public and municipal
reflection
river
River Thames
ship, sailing
ship, warship
society
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
UK countries and regions
UK London
UK natural features
water: inland
waterfront
painting oil paint canvas
Greenwich Hospital
support: 337 × 900 mm
Presented by the Hon. Mrs Phillimore 1934
<p><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/unknown-artist-britain-greenwich-hospital-n04764" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N04764</span></a> <b>View of Greenwich Hospital</b> after 1750
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<br/>Oil on canvas 337×900 (13 1/4×35 7/16)
<br/>Presented by the Hon. Mrs Phillimore to the National Gallery 1934; transferred to the Tate Gallery 1948
<br/>PROVENANCE ...; Hon. Mrs Phillimore by 1934
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<br/>Both nos. <span>N04764</span> and <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/unknown-artist-britain-chelsea-hospital-n04765" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N04765</span></a> are by the same unknown hand and, since their shapes suggest that they were painted as over-door or over-mantel pictures, probably that of a decorative painter rather than an original artist. They entered the National Gallery's collection as by Samuel Scott, but seem rather to show the influence of Canaletto. While no. <span>N04765</span> reveals some direct knowledge of Canaletto's work, <span>N04764</span> may largely be drawn from <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/e/engraving" title="Glossary definition for 'Engraving'"><span>engraved</span></a> views by anonymous artists, such as the ‘Greenwich Hospital’ engraved by T. Bowles and published 18 June 1745 or ‘A Prospect of Greenwich Hospital from the River’, engraved by J.June, printed for E. Bakewell and H. Barker, n.d., <i>c.</i> 1750. In both views there are individual variations in the foreground shipping, in a manner probably inspired by Canaletto. (The compilers gratefully acknowledge the help of Jane Dacey of the National Maritime Museum, author of ‘A Note on Canaletto's Views of Greenwich’, <i>Burlington Magazine</i>, CXXIII, 1981, pp.486–7.)</p>
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<br/><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Elizabeth Einberg and Judy Egerton, <i>The Age of Hogarth: British Painters Born 1675-1709</i>, Tate Gallery Collections, II, London 1988
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Catalogue entry
2004-10-06T00:00:00
catalogue-entry
CATALOGUE_ENTRY
architecture boat, rowing dome England features Greenwich, Queen’s House Greenwich, Royal Naval Hospital hospital natural phenomena places public and municipal reflection river River Thames ship, sailing ship, warship society townscapes / man-made features transport: water UK countries and regions UK London UK natural features waterfront water: inland