Scope and Contents Illustrative material collected from various parts of the Royal Observatory archival stores; chiefly images of Royal Observatory buildings at Greenwich. The first two series, the engravings of Francis Place, are perhaps the most celebrated. Other items of note include drawings, sketches and watercolours of the buildings at Greenwich by relatives of the Astronomer Royal, George Airy, including his sisters-in-law Elizabeth Smith (RGO 116/3) and Caroline Smith (RGO 116/4), and his...

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A set of four coloured prints from engravings by artist W.B. Murray, depicting scenes of the Astronomer Royal at work at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. These were published in the Illustrated London News in 1880 alongside a series of short articles on the Observatory.