Greenwich Observatory, London mb-code PG14153 Rowntree's Fruit Gums and Pastilles

Rowntree's Fruit Gums and Pastilles

Original is oil on canvas 26x36

Totnes High Street

John Barnes in the Wiscombe Hill Climb

The sitter has white hair

Greenwich Observatory, London mb-code PG14153 Rowntree's Fruit Gums and PastillesGreenwich Observatory, London, 1911 1912. The Royal Observatory in Greenwich (formerly the Royal Greenwich Observatory or RGO) was commissioned in 1675 by King Charles II. At this time the king also created the position of Astronomer Royal (initially filled by John Flamsteed). The observatory is situated on a hill in Greenwich Park overlooking the River Thames. From Penrose's Pictorial Annual 1911 1912, The Process Year Book, volume 17, edited by