Title

'High on a little hill in Greenwich Park -for even little hills are counted high in London - stands Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'High on a little hill in Greenwich Park - for even little hills are counted high in London - stands the observatory from which most of the world's nations normally calculate their meridians', c1935. View of the Royal Observatory, situated on a hill in Greenwich Park, overlooking the River Thames. It has played a major role in the history of astronomy and navigation, and is best known as the location of the prime meridian. From "Wonderful London, Volume 1", edited by Arthur St John Adcock. [The Fleetway House, London, c1935]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1935

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D53_418

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

33,9Mb (1,5Mb) / 13,5in x 9,8in / 4044 x 2928 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior outdoors park hill building buildings London England time architecture British geography observatory location century architectural Britain thirties concept United Kingdom B&W MONOCHROME Greenwich publication Prime Meridian black & white black and white B W 1930s 20th century Royal Observatory The Print Collector geographical feature Greenwich Park TGN outside Wonderful London photograph landscape Unknown John Arthur St John Adcock Adcock John Adcock Arthur St John Arthur St John Adcock photograph landscape