The Rotunda, Woolwich Common, southeast London
The Rotunda (or Repository), 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
12270735
Media ID
47682330
Size
5249px x 4227px
(4.6MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Engraving in The Saturday Magazine' 22 December 1838, volume 13, page 415
Date
1838
