PZ1597

Greenwich Hospital - The Chapel burning, 2 January 1779 Long Caption: This somewhat crude but dramatic coloured print records the near-catastrophic fire that destroyed the original interior of Thomas Ripley's Chapel in the Queen Mary Court (1735-1751) of Greenwich Hospital and severely damaged the dome over its vestibule. The Reverend Thomas Furbor, who seems to have been the artist, was at this time the headmaster of the Greenwich Hospital School, although whether he issued the print for commercial reasons or moral ones - as a dreadful warning - is unrecorded. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: PAI1597 Artist: E. Edye; Thomas Furbor; John Harris Date: late 18th century Medium: coloured etching Size: 445 mm x 629 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.