Images Dated 6th September 2006

The Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich N060942

OLD ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE, Greenwich, London. An aerial view from above Greenwich Park looking towards the Queen's House, the National Maritime Museum and the college. In the distance, beyond the River Thames, the Docklands business district can be seen with the towers of Canary Wharf

© Historic England

Aerial, Business, Georgian, Landscape, Maritime, Naval, River, Stuart, Urban, Water, World Heritage Site

Orrery, made by Newton & Co., London, early 19th century (brass)

MFR135761 Orrery, made by Newton & Co., London, early 19th century (brass) by English School, (19th century); diam. 32.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: clockwork model of planetary system; Venus and Lunarium are rotated by pulleys and cords; pulleys keep the direction of the earth's axis constant, drive the moon around the earth and ensure the retrogression of the nodes the inclined lunar orbit ring;); English, out of copyright

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Sir George Pocock (1706-92) 1760 (oil on canvas)

RNM256390 Sir George Pocock (1706-92) 1760 (oil on canvas) by Hudson, Thomas (1701-79); National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK; (add.info.: nephew of Admiral George Byng and a very successful naval Admiral himself; recipient of the Order of the Bath; known for skimming a large share of booty from the Havana campaign in 1762 and retiring from active service;); A© National Museum of the Royal Navy; English, out of copyright

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