The Thames and Greenwich Hospital by Moonlight Frame:Natural The central dial can be

The central dial can be moved round to calculate the position of the comet against the background of the principal constellations

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allowing mooring lines to be hurled between ship and dock

The Thames and Greenwich Hospital by Moonlight Frame:Natural The central dial can beA painterly interpretation of the River Thames and Greenwich Hospital by moonlight. Like his father, Abraham 'Moonlight' Pether of Chichester, Henry Pether specialised in moonlight scenes. He was famed for his views of the Thames and this painting of Greenwich Hospital, seen from the west, is a particularly fine example of his topographical work. The foreground and architectural details are carefully studied and delineated, and the moonlight reflected