An historical and descriptive account of the Royal Hospital, and the Royal Military Asylum at Chelsea : to which is prefixed, an account of King James's College at Chelsea ... embellished with engravings, and interspersed with biographical anecdotes.

  • Faulkner, Thomas, 1777-1855.
Date:
1805
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An historical and descriptive account of the Royal Hospital, and the Royal Military Asylum at Chelsea : to which is prefixed, an account of King James's College at Chelsea ... embellished with engravings, and interspersed with biographical anecdotes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1 62 white marble, and wainscoted with Dutch oak. It was consecrated by Compton, bishop of Lon- don, August 30, J691. The altar-piece was painted by Sebastian Ricci, and represents the resurrection of our Saviour, taken from the gospel of St. Matthew, chap, xxviii. This picture is a good deal ad- mired ; but Sebastian Ricci was wanting in many of the qualifications of a great painter—the stair- case at Burlington-house has, perhaps, the fewest faults of any of his works. The composition of this picture consists of the Roman soldiers, placed to watch the sepulchre, who stand lost in fear and amazement while our Saviour rises from the tomb. The service of plate was given by King James the Second, consisting of a pair of massive can- dlesticks and flaggons, and a perforated spoon, the whole is of silver, gilt, and valued at five hun- dred pounds. The organ was the gift of Major Ingram. On each side of the chapel are the pews for the various ofilcers of the house ; the pensioners sit in