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Survey of London Monograph 14 - The Queen's House, Greenwich

Year published

1937

Author

George H. Chettle

Description

A dscription of the house begun by James I in 1616 for Anne of Denmark, and completed in 1639-40.

Sponsor

English Heritage

Source

Survey of London monographs (Secondary texts)

Places

London

Subjects

Intellectual, scientific and cultural

Periods

17th, 18th, 19th

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Frontispiece
2
Members of the Survey Committee
3-5
3
Description of the plates
7-12
4
Illustrations in the text
12
5
Acknowledgment
13
6
Heraldic illustrations
14
7
Preface
15
8
Introduction - Greenwich before the building of the Queen's House
16-24
9
The history of the Queen's House - To 1678
25-47
10
The history of the Queen's House - From 1689
47-58
11
Architectural description
59-83
12
Appendix 1 - Dates of important events
84-88
13
Appendix 2 - Ceiling paintings at Marlborough House
89-91
14
Appendix 3 - The decoration of the Queen's Cabinet
92-96
15
Appendix 4 - Extracts from the building accounts
97-113
16
Index
115-124
17
Plate 1 - Portrait of Inigo Jones
1
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Plate 2 - Portrait of James I
2
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Plate 3 - Portrait of Anne of Denmark
3
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Plate 4 - Portrait of Charles I
4
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Plate 5 - Portrait of Henrietta Maria
5
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Plate 6 - Views of Greenwich Palace in 1558
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Plate 7 - Greenwich Palace in the reign of James I
7
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Plate 8 - Greenwich Palace in the time of Charles I
8
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Plate 9 - Charles I and his court
9
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Plate 10 - The Queen's House, by Hollar
10
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Plate 11 - Greenwich Palace, c.1680
11
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Plate 12 - Greenwich Palace, c.1699
12
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Plate 13 - Greenwich Hospital and Park (Kip)
13
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Plate 14 - The Queen's House in 1635
14
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Plate 15 - South front as in 1635
15
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Plate 16 - East front as in 1635
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Plate 17 - Inigo Jones drawing for a chimney-piece
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Plate 18 - Inigo Jones drawings for a chimney-piece
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Plate 19 - Window in Arundel House
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Plate 20 - Sketch plans for 1661 additions
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Plate 21 - Ground plan c.1661
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Plate 22 - Survey of Greenwich Palace, c.1694
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Plate 23 - Ground plan showing colonnades
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Plate 24 - Ground plan, c.1710
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Plate 25 - Survey from eighteenth century
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Plate 26 - Greenwich Hospital School, 1844
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Plate 27 - Ground and first floor plans, 1933
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Plate 28 - Elevations and section, 1933
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Plate 29 - Plans, 1936
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Plate 30 - Section, 1935
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Plate 31 - North front in 1933
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Plate 32 - North front in 1937
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Plate 33 - South front in 1926
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Plate 34 - South front in 1936
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