Royal Observatory, Greenwich
This 1676 engraving of the then newly built Royal Observatory, Greenwich, London, England, was produced by the English artist Francis Place (1647-1728). It is part of a series commissioned to mark the opening of the observatory. The Latin inscription states that this is the north face of the observatory. The Royal Observatory, Greenwich, was founded in 1675 with Sir Christopher Wren’s design used to build Flamsteed House on this hill in Greenwich Park. It was the first purpose-built research institution in Britain, and for several centuries it was the centre of astronomical and meteorological research in the UK.
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