Greenwich Hospital after 1750

Editor: So, here we have "Greenwich Hospital" from the British School, sometime in the 18th century. It feels so still, almost like a stage set. What strikes you most about this painting? Curator: It's the light, isn't it? That slightly melancholic, hazy light of a London morning. This isn't just architecture; it's a portrait of an era. Can you almost smell the river? I wonder what stories those buildings hold? Editor: I hadn't thought about it that way, the buildings as storytellers. Curator: Precisely! And isn't that what art's all about? Finding the stories in the stillness. Editor: Absolutely, it gives me a whole new appreciation for it.