Exterior of Queen's House, Greenwich Frame:Black satin with the constellation of the

with the constellation of the Big Dipper perfectly aligned with the window

an instrument of great accuracy

Esqre & R Farley

dark skies and celestial maps

Exterior of Queen's House, Greenwich Frame:Black satin with the constellation of theThe Queen's House, Greenwich, was commissioned by Anne of Denmark, wife of James I (reigned 1603 25). James was often at the Tudor Palace of Greenwich, where the Old Royal Naval College now stands it was as important a residence of the early Stuart dynasty as it had been for the Tudors. In 1616 Anne commissioned Inigo Jones (1573 1652), who had risen to fame as a designer of court entertainments and was appointed Surveyor of the King's Works the