Cadets of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Kent mb-artist Charles_Burton in the distance

in the distance

With figures by the Royal Greenwich Observatory on the left

The woman on the right is wearing a much plainer dress but it still has the full hooped skirt and tight bodice

A knife grinder at work

On our left an apple woman looks on

Cadets of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Kent mb-artist Charles_Burton in the distanceCadets of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Kent, 1851. Scene showing cadets preparing to leave the cadet barracks in the Warren, to pass the summer vacation with their friends. The Royal Military Academy at Woolwich was established in 1741 for the training of officers of the Royal Engineers and Royal Artillery. It closed in 1939.