The Rotunda, Woolwich Common, southeast London
The Rotunda, Woolwich Common, southeast London. A former artillery museum which was established in 1820. The building was originally a very large bell tent erected in St. James's Park in 1814 for a special exhibition and temporary victory reception of the allied sovereigns in the Napoleonic Wars but its architect John Nash turned it into a permanent structure with a lead roof and central supporting pillar
Picture No
12152485
Media ID
45735339
Size
5188px x 3330px
(2.6MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1909
