Royal Observatory, Greenwich
Date
mid 19th century
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 90mm
width (print): 115mm
width (print): 115mm
Subject
Description
Landscape view of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, England. The main building is shown in a wooded landscape, with a surveying party in front. A general group of figures occupies the foreground.
Plate from a grangerized copy of A history of the Royal Society, with memoirs of the Presidents…by Charles Richard Weld (London, John W. Parker, 1848). In this edition, the original two volumes were extended to eight volumes with the addition of extra-illustrations and documents, by Alexander Meyrick Broadley.
The print appears at p.247 in volume 2 of the adapted set of Weld’s History.
Inscribed below: ‘THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, GREENWICH PARK, KENT. This spot was chosen by Sir Christopher Wren, & the celebrated Flamstead was appointed the first astronomer royal. Within the building is a deep dry well for making observations on the stars in the day-time’
Plate from a grangerized copy of A history of the Royal Society, with memoirs of the Presidents…by Charles Richard Weld (London, John W. Parker, 1848). In this edition, the original two volumes were extended to eight volumes with the addition of extra-illustrations and documents, by Alexander Meyrick Broadley.
The print appears at p.247 in volume 2 of the adapted set of Weld’s History.
Inscribed below: ‘THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, GREENWICH PARK, KENT. This spot was chosen by Sir Christopher Wren, & the celebrated Flamstead was appointed the first astronomer royal. Within the building is a deep dry well for making observations on the stars in the day-time’
Object history
Print from Charles Richard Weld's 2 volume A history of the Royal Society... (London, John W. Parker, 1848) grangerized by the writer and collector Alexander Meyrick Broadley (1847–1916) into 8 volumes, adding illustrative material and manuscript items to Weld's text. The books were initially owned by Ludwig Mond FRS (1839–1909), and according to an inscription by his son Robert Ludwig Mond FRS (1867–1938) they were intended for presentation to the Society. This eventually happened in late 1959, the donor being the politician Harry Nathan (1889–1963), Lord Nathan of Churt.
Related fellows
Charles Richard Weld (1813 - 1869, British) , Author
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