How you can use this image

This image can be used for non-commercial research or private study purposes, and other UK exceptions to copyright permitted to users based in the United Kingdom under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. Any other type of use will need to be cleared with the rights holder(s).

Review the copyright credit lines that are located underneath the image, as these indicate who manages the copyright (©) within the artwork, and the photographic rights within the image.

The collection that owns the artwork may have more information on their own website about permitted uses and image licensing options.

Review our guidance pages which explain how you can reuse images, how to credit an image and how to find images in the public domain or with a Creative Commons licence available.

Notes

Add or edit a note on this artwork that only you can see. You can find notes again by going to the ‘Notes’ section of your account.

Figure Court is the oldest part of the Royal Hospital and was started by Wren in 1682. It is enclosed by buildings on its northern, eastern and western sides but its southern end lies open to the grounds and the river. The northern range contains the Chapel and the Great Hall, with an Octagon vestibule between them. The colonnade which extends over the whole length of the range on its inner side is surmounted by a cornice bearing a Latin inscription said to have been composed by Wren himself. A literal translation of this reads, 'For the succour and relief of men broken by age and war, started by Charles II, extended by James II and completed by William and Mary, King and Queen 1692'.

The Royal Hospital Chelsea

London

Title

Figure Court, Royal Hospital Chelsea

Date

c.1720

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 121 x W 211 cm

Accession number

386

Acquisition method

presented by Brigadier General the Honourable Charles Churchill, Governor of the Royal Hospital, 1720–1722

Work type

Painting

The Royal Hospital Chelsea

Royal Hospital Road, London, Greater London SW3 4SR England

This venue is open to the public. Not all artworks are on display. If you want to see a particular artwork, please contact the venue.

View venue

Artist or maker

British (English) School

View profile

Reverend Frederick John Champion de Crespigny (1822–1887) Kelmarsh Hall
Portrait of a Cleric Kelmarsh Hall
Mrs Euphemia Lancaster, née Gibson (1819–1881) Kelmarsh Hall
Sir George Warren, KB Kelmarsh Hall
Mary Sowerby (1754–1812) University of Bedfordshire
Lord George Goring (1608–1657) The Captain Christie Crawfurd English Civil War Collection
John Jacob Smith (1790–1873) Bridgnorth Town Council
3,816 more