The old observing-room, Greenwich Albuquerque 25th July 1995

25th July 1995

View of no 184 Fleet Street

with his brushes and carrying a basket containing the adhesive paste round his neck

Sir John Whittaker Ellis

Old Broad Street

The old observing-room, Greenwich Albuquerque 25th July 1995The old observing room, Greenwich, late 17th century (1893). The Royal Observatory at Greenwich was founded in 1675 by King Charles II, with John Flamsteed appointed as the first Astronomer Royal. The building, with its octagonal observing room, was designed by Sir Christopher Wren. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green, illustrated edition, Volume III, Macmillan and Co, London, New York, 1893.