View of London from Greenwich, 1825, Watercolor and ink and traces of graphite, sheet: 8 3/8 x 11 in. (21. 3 x 28 cm), Drawings, Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, London 1775?1851 London), Turner here offers a panorama of greater London as seen from Greenwich Park, looking down towards the Naval Hospital designed by Sir Christopher Wren, the river Thames, and the distant city. The foreground is littered with maps and globes, with a woman holding up two plans for a naval pensioner with spectacles and crutches to inspect?a reference to England's past