Greenwich Observatory

A winter-time study from the Octagon Room looking toward the old courtyard gate and lodge, with the Great Equatorial building and 28-inch telescope dome on the right, as far as the outline of the Airy Transit Room. Figures and bare trees appear in the Park beyond. For notes regarding the date see PAF1305.

Object Details

ID: PAE2048
Collection: Fine art
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyllie, William Lionel
Places: Unlinked place
Date made: 1920s; Probably 1924
People: Wyllie, William Lionel
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: 264 mm x 356 mm