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Christopher Wren Eques, Aedificiorum Regalium per totam Angliam Praefectus, Basilica Paulinae, Templorum, Operumq Publicorum Urbis Londinensis Post fatale Incendium Ao Dmi MDCLXVI, Architectus, Curatorq Generalis
Portrait.
The print is inscribed underneath with the following text in Latin - Christopher Wren Eques, Aedificiorum Regalium per totam Angliam Praefectus, Basilica Paulinae, Templorum Oplerumq Publicorum Orbis Londinesis Post fatale Incendium AO Dmi MDCLXVI, Architectus, Curator. Christopher Wren had a great impact on the growing city of London, it was his suggestion that Greenwich should be the home of the Royal Observatory because it was on high ground, away from the smoke of central London and had good access by road and river.
The print is inscribed underneath with the following text in Latin - Christopher Wren Eques, Aedificiorum Regalium per totam Angliam Praefectus, Basilica Paulinae, Templorum Oplerumq Publicorum Orbis Londinesis Post fatale Incendium AO Dmi MDCLXVI, Architectus, Curator. Christopher Wren had a great impact on the growing city of London, it was his suggestion that Greenwich should be the home of the Royal Observatory because it was on high ground, away from the smoke of central London and had good access by road and river.
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Object Details
| ID: | PAF3176 |
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| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Kneller, Godfrey; Smith, John |
| Places: | Greenwich |
| Date made: | 1713 |
| People: | Wren, Christopher |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 460 x 333 mm; Mount: 559 mm x 405 mm |