Tulip Stairs, Queen's House Greenwich

             Originally taken in March 2019, recently converted to B&W using Silver Efex Pro 2 and processed using DxO Photolab 4. 

The famous architect Inigo Jones was commissioned to design the building in 1616 by King James I’s wife, Anne of Denmark – supposedly a gift from the king to apologise for swearing in front of her after she had accidentally killed one of his favourite dogs during a hunt.
Anne of Denmark never lived to see Inigo Jones’s progressive Classical design realised, dying in 1619 with only the first floor completed. It was not until 1629, when James’s son Charles I gave Greenwich to his wife Henrietta Maria, that work on it resumed.
The Queen’s House was completed around 1636 and is considered remarkable for its break with the traditional, red-brick Tudor style of building, and for its elegant proportions and the high quality of its interiors. It was the first fully Classical building in England.
The Queen’s House is famous today for its extraordinary art collection including works by Great Masters such as Gainsborough, Reynolds, Turner and Hogarth. 
The Tulip Stairs are one of the original features of the Queen’s House. This ornate, wrought iron structure was the first geometric self-supporting spiral stair in Britain.                                      
   

Taken in: UK / England / Greenwich / Greenwich West (show map)

Taken on: March 23, 2019

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Camera: Sony SLT-A99V, f/5.6, 1/50 sec, 17mm, ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony SLT-A99V
Lens:	17-35mm F2.8-4
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.02 sec (1/50)
Focal Length:	17mm
ISO:	1600
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto bracket
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS5.1 Windows
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