Walking in Greenwich Park
by Chris Armytage
Title
Walking in Greenwich Park
Artist
Chris Armytage
Medium
Painting - Digital Oil Painting On Canvas
Description
Greenwich Park rises towards Blackheath and at the top of this hill is a statue of James Wolfe, commander of the British expedition to capture Quebec,nearby a major group of buildings within the park is the former Royal Observatory, Greenwich and the Prime Meridian passes through the building. Greenwich Mean Time was at one time based on the time observations made at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, before being superseded by Coordinated Universal Time. While there is no longer a working astronomical observatory at Greenwich, a ball still drops daily to mark the exact moment of 1 p.m., and there is a museum of astronomical and navigational tools, particularly John Harrison's marine chronometers. The Ranger's House lies at the Blackheath end of the park and houses the Wernher Collection of art, and many fine houses, including Vanbrugh's house lie on Maze Hill, on the western edge of the park.
Impressionist landscape painted in digital oils Copyright 2015 Chris Armytage, Photographic Artist, Australia.
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October 9th, 2015
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