2-699-402 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Greenwich Hospital, from the River', (c1878). The Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich, on the River Thames in London, was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and his assistant Nicholas Hawksmoor. It was a home for retired sailors of the Royal Navy, and operated from 1692 to 1869. 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]