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Deutsch: Bild The Royal Observatory, Greenwich von Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, 1824
English: The Royal Observatory, Greenwich by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, 1824

The picture was made on October, 1st 1824, and the full caption is:

„Flamsteed House, the original Observatory building at Greenwich, was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke and built in 1675-76. John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal, lived and worked there to his death in 1719 by which time it was already known as Flamsteed or Flamsteed's House, a name which has stuck to his day.“
This view shows it much as built although the cupolas on the two pavilions are not as they currently stand. That on the left has various projections possibly connected with its use as a camera obscura at this time: the other appears more as a dome. The central balcony is also inauthentic and there is no time-ball on the west turret, since this was only installed in 1833. A figure, probably a Greenwich Pensioner, is shown on a bench by the path crossing the foreground. The Shepherd family were well known London topographical artists.
Русский: Томас Хосмер Шеферд. Гринвичская королевская обсерватория, 1824 год.

Шеферды были известной семьёй лондонских художников-топографов.

Картина написана 1 октября 1824 года. Полная подпись на подлиннике: «Фламстид Хаус, оригинальное здание Обсерватории в Гринвиче, было спроектировано Сэром Кристофером Реном и Робертом Гуком и построено в 1675-76 годах. Джон Фламстид, первый Королевский астроном, жил и работал здесь до его смерти в 1719 году, и уже в то время это здание было известно как «Фламстид» или «Дом Фламстида», и это имя возвращает нас к его дням».

На картине изображены купола над двумя павильонами, которых сейчас уже нет. Разнообразные выступы на левом куполе, возможно, связаны с его использованием в качестве камеры-обскуры в то время; правый мог быть куполом башни телескопа. Центральный балкон также не аутентичный, и нет шара времени на западной башенке (он был установлен только в 1833 году). Человек, сидящий на скамье у дорожки на переднем плане – вероятно, отставной моряк-пенсионер из госпиталя в Гринвиче.
Camera location51° 28′ 42.08″ N, 0° 00′ 09.13″ W  Heading=135° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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