Royal Observatory, Greenwich
Date
1824
Creator
Unknown, Printmaker
After
Thomas Hosmer Shepherd (1793 - 1864, British) , Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 92mm
width (print): 117mm
width (print): 117mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Landscape view of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, England. The main building is the original observatory, known as Flamsteed House, after the first Astronomer Royal. A group of three figures with two telescopes on tripods appear before the observatory. A single figure on a bench appears lower left.
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 as a frontispiece to volume 3 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. It was first published as an illustration in Rudolph Ackermann’s Repository of arts, literature, fashions &c., 3rd series, v.4, no.22, 1 October 1824, pp.186-188.
Inscribed below: ‘T. H. Shepherd delt. FLAMSTEED HOUSE.’ The continuation is not present: ‘No. 22 of R. ACKERMANN’s REPOSITORY of ARTS &c. Pub. Octr. 1 1824.’.
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 as a frontispiece to volume 3 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. It was first published as an illustration in Rudolph Ackermann’s Repository of arts, literature, fashions &c., 3rd series, v.4, no.22, 1 October 1824, pp.186-188.
Inscribed below: ‘T. H. Shepherd delt. FLAMSTEED HOUSE.’ The continuation is not present: ‘No. 22 of R. ACKERMANN’s REPOSITORY of ARTS &c. Pub. Octr. 1 1824.’.
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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