The old observing-room, Greenwich Albuquerque Old Broad Street

Old Broad Street

the prince strides along with a rolled umbrella

East Bergholt

Sir John Whittaker Ellis

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

The old observing-room, Greenwich Albuquerque Old Broad StreetThe 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.