A description of the Royal Hospital for Seamen, at Greenwich; With a short account of the Royal Naval Asylum ... / [John Cooke].

  • Cooke, John, 1738-1823.
Date:
1815
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A description of the Royal Hospital for Seamen, at Greenwich; With a short account of the Royal Naval Asylum ... / [John Cooke]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PAINTED HALT.'.' #3 St. Paul's Cathedral, on the |W of January, !SO(i, pre- sented by the Lord Chamberlain, the Karl of Dartmouth, to Creenwich Hospital, there to remain as a permanent memorial of the gratitude which a generous Nation is ever willing to shew to those Heroes who have fallen glo- riously in the service of their Country. In this Hall is also an Ornamental Vase, to the memory of Lord Viscount Nelson. Ln the centre of a triangidur stand, imitating vcrd-antique Marble, rises the elegant lilt/shaped Flncer o f the sacred Lotos, indigenous to the hanks of the Nile. This is surrounded by three Dolphins, beautifully carved and gilded, allusive to the mariti/>,c e.r])/uits of Nelson. These support a triangular Basis, imitating likewise the verd-antique, ivith concave sides and flattened angles ; around which, in raised gilt Letters-, runs the following Thscription: To the Memory of Lord Viscount Nelson / the Gift of the late John Fish, Esq. of Kempton Park,—presented by his Widow and ': Executrix—On this second Basis, three bronzed Sphinxes, winged, support the Stand upon which the Vase is raised. Each side of this stand is classically adorned with a Crocodile:—and the corners display the Funeral Honeysuckle, tfic constant Ornament of ancient Sarcophagi. The Vase is of Class, semi-transparent ; which, decc- rated with a circular foliated Scroll,and a wreath of Oak-