Old Royal Naval College 'Canaletto' view

This moving image shows the Old Royal Naval College as seen from Island Gardens, just before renovation work began on Cutty Sark. The image should start moving automatically.

This view across the Thames is named 'Canaletto', after the artist whose 1752 oil painting takes in a similar view. The painting, 'Greenwich Hospital from the North Bank of the Thames' survives in the National Maritime Museum's collection. Find out more about the Old Royal Naval College.

Instructions

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