Nick Ellwood

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Nick Ellwood / Illustrator

Mischief and Mayhem in Greenwich!
Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich
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Initially invited to illustrate a children’s activity and tour guide for The Painted Hall on 2018 as part of a large renovation project, I went on to working closely with the curation and education teams over five years creating a series of projects together. This culminated in an exhibition of all the work created plus new animations and games for an interactive exhibition helping to encourage family visitors and children back to the museum as lock down finished and museums began to open up again!

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Inspired by the stories of the Naval pensioners going back to about 1720 and who’s home Greenwich was originally when the buildings were known as the Greenwich Hospital,  along with the all the pioneering astronomers and architects who worked here, the monarchs who also lived and were directly linked to Greenwich and the naval college that existed until the 1980’s began the series of drawings and illustrations to help connect these stories to young audiences today…

 

Below is a brief overview of the work we created together, for further information on any of the projects please click on the links below.

 

 

An imaginary Greenwich Naval Pensioner circa 1720

 

 

‘The Tales from The Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich’

Five mini booklets/ concertinas introducing the and key themes of the museum.

 

The Gods Goddesses, monsters and heroes (from the Painted Hall) presented as trump cards

 

 

Hydra

 

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