Plan of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich Size:S: 60 x 45cm Court Lane and Lordship Lane

Court Lane and Lordship Lane

Riots on a huge scale were expected on Lord Mayor's Day 1830 but did not develop

Jupiter of the Rains admonishes him for not having made adequate preparations for the floods

Plate 11 from the book Zoologischer Atlas

'Design for Stained Glass'

Plan of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich Size:S: 60 x 45cm Court Lane and Lordship LanePlan of the old Royal Observatory building (now known as Flamsteed House) designed by Christopher Wren (1632 1723) showing rooms, with a key to their use and various details. These include a reflecting telescope tube of 60 feet in length (centre); a 120 foot deep stairwell for parallax observation (top right); and the star chamber, or octagon room (right). Scale: 1 inches to 30 feet. Plate 1 from Ichnographia speculae Regiae Grenovici exquisite facta