PART OF GREENWICH HOSPITAL FROM THE RAVENSBOURNE

Lithograph with original hand colour. 'Drawn from Nature & on Stone by J.D. Harding'. Printed by Hullmandel. Published by Rodwell and Martin, New Bond Street, London, June 1, 1832.

Image size: 9 x 12ins. plus title and borders. Mounted in acid-free board - ext. 13 3/4 x 16 ins.

Generally good condition throughout.

This is a view of Greenwich Hospital taken from the south-west at a time before building gobbled up the open meadows. The bridge on Creek Road can be seen in the middle distance, cows graze and fishermen check their catch. James Duffield Harding (1798 – 4 December 1863) was a local man, born in Deptford and later resided in Greenwich where he taught for many years. His is noted in particular as a landscape painter, lithographer and author of drawing manuals.

£245.00 mounted and framed