See Greenwich’s painted hall sketches in the V&A
There’s an easy to miss exhibition at the V&A at the moment of the drawings by the painter, Sir James Thornhill, who amongst many things, was responsible for the Painted Hall in Greenwich.
The exhibition focuses on the role that drawing played in Thornhill’s practice, ranging from quick sketches to the more considered and worked-up designs. Some of the sketches in the V&A archives are the only records of his eventual paintings, as they were lost in fires and demolitions.Some
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