Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, part of the King Charles block, with a scale. Engraving by H. Hulsburgh after C. Campbell, 1715.

The circle of Lord Burlington, of which Campbell was a member, wished to establish the architectural supremacy of Inigo Jones over Christopher Wren, the Surveyor-General of the King's Works. This design was therefore attributed to Jones, but was actually by his assistant and nephew-by-marriage Webb

The extensive sculptural work with which this building is adorned in the print never materialised. Apart from carving in the left of the two pediments, nothing else was carried out. Although this is the King Charles Block, Hulsbergh has shown a statue of Queen Anne in the central niche

1715

1 print : engraving ; image 6.5 x 13.7 cm

The elevation of one of the double pavillions of the Royall Hospital att Greenwich to the river. ; Is most humbly inscribed to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales &c. ; I. Jones inven: ; Ca Campbell delin. The main lettering is repeated in French The plate is dedicated to George II, when Prince of Wales, for whom Campbell worked at Leicester House

B. Adams, London illustrated, London, 1983, number 24/25 [p.49]

On Vit. Brit. see E. Harris and N. Savage, British architectural books and writers 1556-1785, Cambridge, 1990, pp 139-148

Wellcome Collection 28205i