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English: 'Robert Hooke, Surveyor'. After the Great Fire of London in 1666, Robert Hooke was appointed Surveyor to the City. He is shown measuring and staking out the streets ready for rebuilding. It was a dangerous, difficult and dirty job but he seems to have regarded it as his civic duty. It went on for several years and he carried it out meticulously, with honesty, dealing fairly with people on all levels. Oil on board. Rita Greer 2008.
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Source The original is an oil painting on board by Rita Greer, history painter, 2008. This was digitized by Rita and sent via email to the Department of Engineering Science, Oxford University, where it was subsequently uploaded to Wikimedia.
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