The Queen's House seen from Greenwich Park, with people and animals in the foreground, Naval Hospital in the distance. Coloured engraving, 1814.

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1 June 1814
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28193i
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The Queen's House seen from Greenwich Park, with people and animals in the foreground, Naval Hospital in the distance. Coloured engraving, 1814. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The Queen's House at Greenwich, built 1616-35, adjacent to the Royal Naval Hospital, was adapted 1807-16 and used until 1933 as an asylum for the orphans of sailors

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London (No. 53 Fleet Street) : James Whittle & Richard Holmes Laurie, 1 June 1814.

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1 print : engraving, with watercolour ; image 26.1 x 42.2 cm

Lettering

The Asylum of Greenwich Hospital. (From the Park.) Bears number: "160"

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Wellcome Collection 28193i

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