View overlooking the Royal Observatory, Greenwich HJ Drawn by Colonel Sir Henry

Drawn by Colonel Sir Henry James R

from the Picture in the Town Hall Lynn

Plate 4 from Anatomy of the Human Body by William Cheselden FRS (London

'Monstrosities of 1821'

View overlooking the Royal Observatory, Greenwich HJ Drawn by Colonel Sir HenryLandscape from behind the old Royal Observatory building (now known as Flamsteed House) at Greenwich, which appears on the right of the print. The observatory's 60 foot refracting telescope is visible, mounted on a flagpole. Downhill from the observatory is Greenwich and the river Thames. Several figures inhabit the scene including (lower right) an artist in the act of drawing. Plate 7 from Ichnographia speculae Regiae Grenovici exquisite facta