Rare opportunity to see conservation in action in Greenwich’s ORNC Chapel

The Chapel in Greenwich’s Old Royal Naval College contains the last major painting by Benjamin West to survive in its original location, and this summer, the public will be able to watch a restoration project on the massive altar painting.Painted in 1789, Benjamin West’s epic ‘Preservation of St Paul after a Shipwreck at Malta’ is one of the artist’s most important works. Today it requires urgent conservation.
At a colossal 25 x 14 feet, the floor to ceiling paintin