Sujet

The Observatory at Greenwich, 1836. Artist: Unknown

Légende

The Observatory at Greenwich, 1836. Flamsteed House, the Royal Greenwich Observatory, was built by Christopher Wren (1632-1723) on the orders of Charles II with the aim of providing accurate navigation tables and of solving the problem of finding longitude at sea. The building is named after John Flamsteed (1646-1719), the first Astronomer Royal.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1836

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19C24_264

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

30,2Mo (3,7Mo) / 25,7cm x 29,4cm / 3037 x 3470 (300dpi)

Mots clés

parc bâtiment bâtiments Londres architecture pays la science astronomie Britannique Anglais observatoire endroit siècle La Grande-Bretagne longitude navigation B&W MONOCHROME 17e siècle Greenwich 19e siècle noir et blanc noir et blanc B W dix-neuvie siècle Observatoire Royal The Print Collector engraving Unknown John Sir Christopher Wren Wren Christopher Sir Christopher Christopher Wren John Flamsteed Flamsteed engraving