South view from the Royal Observatory, Greenwich Frank Williams showing the area between Westminster

showing the area between Westminster and the Strand

Mr Spencer Walpole

From a private collection

10 volumes

South view from the Royal Observatory, Greenwich Frank Williams showing the area between WestminsterLandscape showing the southerly prospect from the upper part of the old Royal Observatory building (now known as Flamsteed House) at Greenwich. The scene is rural, with cultivated avenues of trees. The lower part of the view includes the edge of the house, with a lone male observer and a flagpole. Plate 5 from Ichnographia speculae Regiae Grenovici exquisite facta (London, 1676) a series of engravings commissioned by Sir Jonas Moore, the leading force