The Royal Observatory- Everyday Life at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, London, England, UK, 1945 D24697

Autor/Urheber:

Cecil Beaton

Shortlink:

https://dewiki.de/b/253038

Quelle:

Wikimedia Commons

Größe:

771 x 800 Pixel (80645 Bytes)

Beschreibung:

The Royal Observatory- Everyday Life at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, London, England, UK, 1945
A view of Flamsteed House, part of the old Observatory building designed by Sir Christopher Wren. Clearly visible in the top right hand corner is the time ball, which, since 1833 until the outbreak of the war, had given a time signal to ships in the Thames nearby by dropping at one o'clock in the afternoon. Also clearly visible is the damage to the building caused by the 1940 Blitz: the lower part of the building has no glass in the windows.

Kommentar zur Lizenz:

This photograph was scanned and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. The work was created by Cecil Beaton during his service for the Ministry of Information during the Second World War as an official photographer of the Home Front. In the UK, photographs taken in military service, or works of art created as part of military service, became controlled under the Crown Copyright provisions and so faithful reproductions may be reused under that licence, which is considered expired after 50 years.

Lizenz:

Public domain

Credit:

http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//44/media-44883/large.jpg