Measuring the meridian puppet master East view of Westminster Abbey

East view of Westminster Abbey and St Margaret's Church

The work is inscribed below 'Cormorant's Stomach ' and in pencil 'Cormorant

but was killed whilst trying to set a speed record on the Frankfurt-Darmstadt Autobahn in 1938

was the first black player selected to the United States Davis Cup team and the only black man ever to win the singles title at Wimbledon

View of Drapers' Almshouses in St George's Fields

Measuring the meridian puppet master East view of Westminster AbbeyA group of astronomers measuring the meridian. An illustration from Degre du meridien entre Paris et Amiens determine par la mesure de M. Picard, by Jean Picard (Paris, 1740). Original: engraving. 1740