The Thames and Greenwich Hospital by Moonlight Frame:Natural From spheres and rings to

From spheres and rings to jagged edges and jarring curves

" Sophie Cordon

bearing Holden's signature and the date lower left

and a passing lorry very kindly painted the rocks with light

from which the name of the ship was taken

The Thames and Greenwich Hospital by Moonlight Frame:Natural From spheres and rings toA painterly interpretation of the River Thames and Greenwich Hospital by moonlight. Like his father, Abraham 'Moonlight' Pether of Chichester, Henry Pether specialised in moonlight scenes. He was famed for his views of the Thames and this painting of Greenwich Hospital, seen from the west, is a particularly fine example of his topographical work. The foreground and architectural details are carefully studied and delineated, and the moonlight reflected