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| Picture No | 12270735 |
| Date | 1838 |
| Description | The Rotunda, Woolwich Common, southeast London |
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The Rotunda (pr 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.
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| Source | Engraving in 'The Saturday Magazine' 22 December 1838, volume 13, page 415 |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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