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Greenwich pensioners commemorating the Battle of Trafalgar

Greenwich pensioners commemorating the Battle of Trafalgar

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[Greenwich Pensioners, England], J. Paul Getty Museum

[Greenwich Pensioners, England], J. Paul Getty Museum

Public domain photograph of 19th-century vintage card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Greenwich Pensioners]. Albumen print, Getty Museum. Public domain photograph.

[Greenwich Pensioners]. Albumen print, Getty Museum. Public domain pho...

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[Greenwich Pensioners]. Albumen print, Getty Museum. Public domain photograph.

[Greenwich Pensioners]. Albumen print, Getty Museum. Public domain pho...

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'A Greenwich Pensioner!' HB sketches No.532 RMG PZ5996

'A Greenwich Pensioner!' HB sketches No.532 RMG PZ5996

'A Greenwich Pensioner!' HB sketches No.532 See description and notes for PAH3323, another copy. A Greenwich Pensioner. HB sketches No.532

'Ah! the Navy arn't what it was!' (Greenwich Pensioners) RMG 8573

'Ah! the Navy arn't what it was!' (Greenwich Pensioners) RMG 8573

'Ah! the Navy arn't what it was!' (Greenwich Pensioners) Two Greenwich Pensioners lamenting changing times and standards. The one on the left is in right profile with his hands behind his back, has a peg-leg r... More

'Ah! the Navy arn't what it was!' (Greenwich Pensioners) RMG PY3319

'Ah! the Navy arn't what it was!' (Greenwich Pensioners) RMG PY3319

'Ah! the Navy arn't what it was!' (Greenwich Pensioners) Two Greenwich Pensioners lamenting changing times and standards. The one on the left is in right profile with his hands behind his back, has a peg-leg r... More

'Dedicated to His Majesty the King (Key to) Greenwich Pensioners Commemorating the Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar. Painted by John Burnet - ' RMG PZ5148

'Dedicated to His Majesty the King (Key to) Greenwich Pensioners Comme...

'Dedicated to His Majesty the King [Key to] Greenwich Pensioners Commemorating the Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar. Painted by John Burnet...' This is a copy of the identifying key and subscribers' list ... More

'Jack and his father under the Colonnade' (Greenwich Hospital). Original illustration to Marryat's 'Poor Jack' (1840) RMG PW6067

'Jack and his father under the Colonnade' (Greenwich Hospital). Origin...

'Jack and his father under the Colonnade' [Greenwich Hospital]. Original illustration to Marryat's 'Poor Jack' (1840)Tom Saunders, nicknamed 'Poor Jack', with his father, a Greenwich Pensioner, after losing his... More

'Jack helping Freeman the fisherman' (off Greenwich Hospital). Original illustration for Marryat's 'Poor Jack' (1840) RMG PU8910

'Jack helping Freeman the fisherman' (off Greenwich Hospital). Origina...

'Jack helping Freeman the fisherman' [off Greenwich Hospital]. Original illustration for Marryat's 'Poor Jack' (1840) (Updated February 2016) One of Stanfield's original drawings for Captain Marryat's novel 'Po... More

'King George' (KIng George Tupou I of Tonga, c. 1797 - 1893) RMG PZ8795

'King George' (KIng George Tupou I of Tonga, c. 1797 - 1893) RMG PZ879...

'King George' [KIng George Tupou I of Tonga, c. 1797 - 1893] The source of this late-19th-century wood engraving bearing the title ’King George’ has not yet been identified but is probably an illustrated magazi... More

'Sling the Monkey' (Greenwich Pensioners caricature) RMG PY3339

'Sling the Monkey' (Greenwich Pensioners caricature) RMG PY3339

'Sling the Monkey' (Greenwich Pensioners caricature) Greenwich Pensioners playing a rough game in Greenwich Park, in which a man with two peg-legs is slung in support by a rope from a tree-branch and then twirl... More

'The Hall of Greenwich Hospital, Kent' RMG PU2202

'The Hall of Greenwich Hospital, Kent' RMG PU2202

'The Hall of Greenwich Hospital, Kent' A view of the dome and north-east corner of the King William Court of Greenwich Hospital, with the Painted Hall north facade behind, taken from abreast of the matching nor... More

'Twas in Trafalgar's Bay' (Turner's 'Trafalgar' explained by a Greenwich Pensioner) RMG PZ8288

'Twas in Trafalgar's Bay' (Turner's 'Trafalgar' explained by a Greenwi...

'Twas in Trafalgar's Bay' [Turner's 'Trafalgar' explained by a Greenwich Pensioner] Print. Depicts: clothing, outerwear: dress, boy sailor's and uniform, Greenwich Pensioner's. This shows a one-legged Greenwic... More

A caricature of Greenwich Pensioners RMG PY3303

A caricature of Greenwich Pensioners RMG PY3303

A caricature of Greenwich Pensioners This caricature is a rare original image showing a black Greenwich Pensioner in Greenwich Hospital uniform. Although the balustrading across the background is inauthentic, t... More

A Greenwich Pensioner (uniform) RMG PW4200

A Greenwich Pensioner (uniform) RMG PW4200

A Greenwich Pensioner (uniform) Plate 7 from a so-far unidentified series showing a Greenwich Pensioner seated to right on a stone parapet wall with a (rather crudely drawn) warship anchored in a calm behind. H... More

A Greenwich Pensioner! (caricature of Richard Lalor Shiel MP) RMG PY3323

A Greenwich Pensioner! (caricature of Richard Lalor Shiel MP) RMG PY33...

A Greenwich Pensioner! [caricature of Richard Lalor Shiel MP] HB Sketches No. 532. See also other copies: PAI5996 and PAF4083. This shows Richard Lalor Shiel (1791-1851), a Kilkenny-born Irish Catholic, educate... More

Descriptions of battles by sea and land - (caricature) RMG PW5811

Descriptions of battles by sea and land - (caricature) RMG PW5811

Descriptions of battles by sea & land...(caricature) Signed by the artist, 'RD 1794', lower right, this relates to a well known print of 1801 (see PAD4733 and other copies, PAG8545 and PAH3336). Whether it is i... More

Descriptions of Battles by Sea and Land, in Two Volumes, From the Kings Library's at Greenwich and Chelsea (Pensioners) (caricature) RMG PX8545

Descriptions of Battles by Sea and Land, in Two Volumes, From the King...

Descriptions of Battles by Sea & Land, in Two Volumes, From the Kings Library's at Greenwich & Chelsea [Pensioners] (caricature) Mounted with PAG8544.; Hand-coloured.; No.33. See PAD4733, another copy for notes... More

Descriptions of Battles by Sea and Land, in Two Volumes, From the Kings Library's at Greenwich and Chelsea. (Caricature of Greenwich and Chelsea pensioners) RMG PU4733

Descriptions of Battles by Sea and Land, in Two Volumes, From the King...

Descriptions of Battles by Sea & Land, in Two Volumes, From the Kings Library's at Greenwich & Chelsea. [Caricature of Greenwich and Chelsea pensioners] A celebrated Dighton print of two battle-scarred veterans... More

Dining Hall, Greenwich RMG S0529

Dining Hall, Greenwich RMG S0529

Dining Hall, Greenwich A view in one of the two dining halls of Greenwich Hospital, probably in the 1850s, with the Pensioners seated before dinner in disciplined order. If the modern door arrangements at the f... More

Easter Amusements - The Greenwich Pensioners - (with biographical details on Daniell Ferhall, Henry Stiles, Joseph Burgin, James Connell, George French, Joseph Brown and John Manning) RMG PZ8797

Easter Amusements - The Greenwich Pensioners - (with biographical deta...

Easter Amusements - The Greenwich Pensioners...(with biographical details on Daniell Ferhall, Henry Stiles, Joseph Burgin, James Connell, George French, Joseph Brown and John Manning) This is a page from the 'I... More

Flamsteed House (Royal Observatory, Greenwich Park) RMG PU2226

Flamsteed House (Royal Observatory, Greenwich Park) RMG PU2226

Flamsteed House [Royal Observatory, Greenwich Park] Flamsteed House, the original Observatory building at Greenwich, was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke and built in 1675-76. John Flamsteed, t... More

Greenwich (Greenwich Hospital and River Thames) RMG PU2230

Greenwich (Greenwich Hospital and River Thames) RMG PU2230

Greenwich (Greenwich Hospital and River Thames) A plate from George Cooke's 'Views in London and its Vicinity', looking broadly west across the Greenwich Hospital frontage from off the George Tavern (replaced i... More

Greenwich from Observatory Hill, circa 1850 RMG PY3256

Greenwich from Observatory Hill, circa 1850 RMG PY3256

Greenwich from Observatory Hill, circa 1850 A fine summer-evening view from Greenwich Hill, with Turnerian quality in the light through the trees in the lower Park from the setting sun to the north-west. Visito... More

Greenwich Hospital and Royal Naval Asylum RMG L9880

Greenwich Hospital and Royal Naval Asylum RMG L9880

Greenwich Hospital & Royal Naval Asylum A romanticized, picturesque view which the title indicates may date from before 1825, when the Royal Naval Asylum and the Greenwich Hospital School combined as the Upper ... More

Greenwich Hospital and Royal Naval Asylum RMG PU2237

Greenwich Hospital and Royal Naval Asylum RMG PU2237

Greenwich Hospital & Royal Naval Asylum A romanticized, picturesque view which the title indicates may date from before 1825, when the Royal Naval Asylum and the Greenwich Hospital School combined as the Upper ... More

Greenwich Hospital from the North-East RMG PY3279

Greenwich Hospital from the North-East RMG PY3279

Greenwich Hospital from the North-East A view from the north-east off the Trafalgar Tavern (built 1837). To the left are a sprit-rigged fishing boat and a cutter-rigged smack at the former landing place there, ... More

Greenwich Hospital from the park, June 1855 RMG PW7616

Greenwich Hospital from the park, June 1855 RMG PW7616

Greenwich Hospital from the park, June 1855 The view is taken from the raised western tree avenue of the Park's lower parterre (now surfaced and known as Jubilee Walk), looking north over the west colonnade of ... More

Greenwich Hospital in the distance and the 'Augusta' royal yacht , 5 April 1795 RMG PU2198

Greenwich Hospital in the distance and the 'Augusta' royal yacht , 5 A...

Greenwich Hospital in the distance and the 'Augusta' royal yacht , 5 April 1795 The fuller text description of this illustration for the 'Naval Chronicle' is 'View of the River Thames, with Greenwich Hospital i... More

Greenwich Hospital RMG PW7612 - Public domain historic place drawing

Greenwich Hospital RMG PW7612 - Public domain historic place drawing

Greenwich Hospital A view east from the south face of the King Charles Court towards the Painted Hall colonnade and steps, and the dome of the Queen Mary Court, with Pensioners. The corner of the Queen Anne Cou... More

Greenwich Hospital viewed from the north and showing pensioners, 1830 RMG PY9662

Greenwich Hospital viewed from the north and showing pensioners, 1830 ...

Greenwich Hospital viewed from the north and showing pensioners, 1830 A view, engraved as a print published by Dickinson in 1830 (PAI7100), from the north-west corner of the Queen Anne Court looking diagonally... More

Greenwich Hospital, showing buildings and Greenwich pensioners RMG D5766

Greenwich Hospital, showing buildings and Greenwich pensioners RMG D57...

Greenwich Hospital, showing buildings and Greenwich pensionersInformation recorded with the drawing suggests this represents the anniversary of Trafalgar at Greenwich in 1832 rather than 1830. The date 1832 see... More

Greenwich Hospital, showing buildings and Greenwich pensioners RMG S0527

Greenwich Hospital, showing buildings and Greenwich pensioners RMG S05...

Greenwich Hospital, showing buildings and Greenwich pensioners Information recorded with the drawing suggests this represents the anniversary of Trafalgar at Greenwich in 1832 rather than 1830. The date 1832 se... More

Greenwich Hospital- a design for remodelling the north-west (Chapel) corner of the Queen Mary Court RMG PW7610

Greenwich Hospital- a design for remodelling the north-west (Chapel) c...

Greenwich Hospital: a design for remodelling the north-west (Chapel) corner of the Queen Mary Court An undated capriccio study for remodelling the north-west corner of the Queen Mary Court of Greenwich Hospital... More

Greenwich Hospital- view of the Queen Mary Court and Chapel colonnade RMG PY3250

Greenwich Hospital- view of the Queen Mary Court and Chapel colonnade ...

Greenwich Hospital: view of the Queen Mary Court and Chapel colonnade This is a watercolour sketch, over a pencil outline, showing the view from the south corner of the King Charles Court. The scene looks towar... More

Greenwich Park on Easter Monday RMG PY3277

Greenwich Park on Easter Monday RMG PY3277

Greenwich Park on Easter Monday A view south towards the Observatory. Some of the figures on the hill have been 'tumbling' - a traditional, indecorous and sometimes dangerous occupation on the steep slopes of t... More

Greenwich Pensioner RMG PU2210 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Greenwich Pensioner RMG PU2210 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Greenwich Pensioner A Greenwich Pensioner is shown seated on a bench against a parapet, with his left leg up on the wall before him to his left and leaning with his right shoulder against the wooden stock of an... More

Greenwich Pensioner. "Well, here was the French, and there was we." RMG PZ8796

Greenwich Pensioner. "Well, here was the French, and there was we." RM...

Greenwich Pensioner. "Well, here was the French, and there was we." An old salt starts to tell his tale to two top-hatted middle-class schoolboys in Greenwich Park, tracing the enemy line on the ground with hi... More

Greenwich Pensioners Commemorating the Battle of Trafalgar RMG PZ1598

Greenwich Pensioners Commemorating the Battle of Trafalgar RMG PZ1598

Greenwich Pensioners Commemorating the Battle of Trafalgar Engraved by Burnet after his own best-known oil painting, exhibited at the British Institution in 1837 as 'Greenwich Hospital and Naval Heroes'. This w... More

Greenwich Pensioners RMG PU7775

Greenwich Pensioners RMG PU7775

Greenwich Pensioners One of a series of prints of seamen and shipping by Atkinson, on which see PAD7785 for further information. One man is sitting on a bench to the left by the corner of a masonry wall, with a... More

Greenwich RMG PZ8605 - Public domain city architecture engraving

Greenwich RMG PZ8605 - Public domain city architecture engraving

Greenwich Plate 47 from George Cooke's 'Views in London and its Vicinity', completed in 1834, looking broadly west across the Greenwich Hospital frontage from off the George Tavern (replaced in 1837 by the Traf... More

HB Sketches No 532. A Greenwich Pensioner (caricature) RMG PW4083

HB Sketches No 532. A Greenwich Pensioner (caricature) RMG PW4083

HB Sketches No 532. A Greenwich Pensioner (caricature) See description and notes for PAH3323, another copy. PvdM 4/04

Iohn Worley (John Worley) Pentioner in her Majties Royll Hospital for Seamen att Greenwich Born in Wales Ao 16-24 done from ye Life and Sold by In Faber near ye Savoy in ye Strand 1709 RMG PU2720

Iohn Worley (John Worley) Pentioner in her Majties Royll Hospital for ...

Iohn Worley [John Worley] Pentioner in her Majties Royll Hospital for Seamen att Greenwich Born in Wales Ao 16-24 done from ye Life and Sold by In Faber near ye Savoy in ye Strand 1709This print was previously ... More

John Adams, alias John Wilkinson (b. 1762), Greenwich Pensioner, boatswain's mate of the 'Agamemnon' while commanded by Nelson 8 Apr 1793 - 16 Sep 1798. Mounted with letter from artist RMG PW6223

John Adams, alias John Wilkinson (b. 1762), Greenwich Pensioner, boats...

John Adams, alias John Wilkinson (b. 1762), Greenwich Pensioner, boatswain's mate of the 'Agamemnon' while commanded by Nelson 8 Apr 1793 - 16 Sep 1798. Mounted with letter from artist This is one of two versio... More

John Rosedale Mariner. Exhibitor at the Hall of Greenwich Hospital RMG PY3321

John Rosedale Mariner. Exhibitor at the Hall of Greenwich Hospital RMG...

John Rosedale Mariner. Exhibitor at the Hall of Greenwich Hospital One of the Pensioners who had the task of 'showing' the Painted Hall to visitors. Two 'country cousins' stand behind him ogling the west wall r... More

London from Greenwich Park RMG PU2254

London from Greenwich Park RMG PU2254

London from Greenwich Park A view from the top of the hill by the Observatory, with a weekend holiday crowd including a Greenwich Pensioner with a wooden leg, another hiring out his telescope for visitors to lo... More

One of Nelson's School -Joseph Burgin -Taken in Greenwich Park RMG PY3296

One of Nelson's School -Joseph Burgin -Taken in Greenwich Park RMG PY3...

One of Nelson's School /Joseph Burgin /Taken in Greenwich Park A portrait (titled as shown) of Burgin, a Trafalgar veteran and Greenwich Pensioner, seated slightly to his right on a folding chair, in his Hospit... More

Portrait of a Greenwich Pensioner holding a red handkerchief and spectacles, with a copy of the 'Shipping Gazette' RMG PY3302

Portrait of a Greenwich Pensioner holding a red handkerchief and spect...

Portrait of a Greenwich Pensioner holding a red handkerchief and spectacles, with a copy of the 'Shipping Gazette' A Greenwich Pensioner in a cocked hat with the brim collapsed, sitting with his left arm restin... More

Portrait of a Greenwich Pensioner, seated with clay pipe and tankard RMG PY3309

Portrait of a Greenwich Pensioner, seated with clay pipe and tankard R...

Portrait of a Greenwich Pensioner, seated with clay pipe and tankard See PAH3308, another copy. This one has been trimmed, losing the identifying inscription. Portrait of Greenwich Pensioner, seated with clay ... More

Portrait of John Adams, alias John Wilkinson, Petty Officer, aged 78, Boatswain's Mate of the 'Agamemnon' (as Greenwich Pensioner) RMG PY3992

Portrait of John Adams, alias John Wilkinson, Petty Officer, aged 78, ...

Portrait of John Adams, alias John Wilkinson, Petty Officer, aged 78, Boatswain's Mate of the 'Agamemnon' (as Greenwich Pensioner) This is one of two versions of this portrait of the former boatswain's mate (17... More

Portrait of John Lovell, aged 70. Bargee on Thames (as Greenwich Pensioner) RMG PY3993

Portrait of John Lovell, aged 70. Bargee on Thames (as Greenwich Pensi...

Portrait of John Lovell, aged 70. Bargee on Thames (as Greenwich Pensioner) This portrait of Greenwich Pensioner John Lovell was drawn in June 1840, as were two versions of a related portrait of John Adams, ali... More

Royal Aquatic Excursion to Greenwich Hospital RMG PW7629

Royal Aquatic Excursion to Greenwich Hospital RMG PW7629

Royal Aquatic Excursion to Greenwich Hospital This appears to be a reprint, with a shortened title, of an image originally issued in 1832. The title of the earlier version showed it to record a visit by William... More

Saluting the Admiral (Pears Poster) (Greenwich Pensioner saluting bust of Nelson). This is One of three Plates presented with Pears' Annual 1905 RMG PZ7615

Saluting the Admiral (Pears Poster) (Greenwich Pensioner saluting bust...

Saluting the Admiral (Pears Poster) (Greenwich Pensioner saluting bust of Nelson). This is One of three Plates presented with Pears' Annual 1905 A print after the painting, signed and dated 1904, by Albert Hold... More

Sketch for 'A Tale of Trafalgar' showing a Greenwich pensioner, a Chelsea pensioner and other visitors in the Painted Hall RMG PY3983

Sketch for 'A Tale of Trafalgar' showing a Greenwich pensioner, a Chel...

Sketch for 'A Tale of Trafalgar' showing a Greenwich pensioner, a Chelsea pensioner and other visitors in the Painted Hall A watercolour wash study set in the entrance vestibule of the Painted Hall at Greenwich... More

Tea-Making (Greenwich Hospital) RMG PZ8785

Tea-Making (Greenwich Hospital) RMG PZ8785

Tea-Making (Greenwich Hospital) Pensioners in one of the undercroft kitchens of the Hospital (see PAI8789). Tea only entered Naval rations in the 1820s. From the Illustrated London News, 25 March 1865, p. 280; ... More

The Chapel Royal, Greenwich RMG PY3281

The Chapel Royal, Greenwich RMG PY3281

The Chapel Royal, GreenwichThis large print shows the Chapel as reconstructed in Greek-revival style by James 'Athenian' Stuart, the Greenwich Hospital Surveyor, and William Newton, the Clerk of Works, after th... More

The Governor's Farewell (caricature) RMG PY3335

The Governor's Farewell (caricature) RMG PY3335

The Governor's Farewell (caricature) Hand-coloured. Public domain photograph of 18th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Greenwich Pensioner (caricature) RMG PY3324

The Greenwich Pensioner (caricature) RMG PY3324

The Greenwich Pensioner (caricature) Bears no: 262. This image was printed above the text of Charles Dibdin's song 'The Greenwich Pensioner' [?trimmed off this copy - to check]. Two Pensioners are seated at a t... More

The Greenwich Pensioner RMG PY3304

The Greenwich Pensioner RMG PY3304

The Greenwich Pensioner A Greenwich Pensioner, probably a Hospital Boatswain from his laced cuff, seated in a carved chair by a table, filling his 'chalk' (clay pipe) from a rectangular tobacco box. On the tabl... More

The Greenwich Pensioner RMG PZ8794

The Greenwich Pensioner RMG PZ8794

The Greenwich Pensioner Wood engraving of a Greenwich Pensioner seated to the right, leaning on a stick held between his knees in his right hand, smoking a pipe and with his face shaded by his hat - though not ... More

The Greenwich Pensioner Written and composed by Mr Dibdin, For his Entertainment called The Oddities (caricature) RMG PX8524

The Greenwich Pensioner Written and composed by Mr Dibdin, For his Ent...

The Greenwich Pensioner Written and composed by Mr Dibdin, For his Entertainment called The Oddities (caricature) The four verses of Charles Dibdin's song, 'The Greenwich Pensioner' are printed below the image,... More

The Life of a Sailor. (Safely Moor'd in Greenwich Hospital) Composed and arranged for the Piano Forte - (caricature) RMG PY3333

The Life of a Sailor. (Safely Moor'd in Greenwich Hospital) Composed a...

The Life of a Sailor. [Safely Moor'd in Greenwich Hospital] Composed and arranged for the Piano Forte... (caricature) A self-explanatory Victorian music cover, whose central image entitled 'Safely Moor'd in Gre... More

The Neglected Tar (caricature) RMG PW4019

The Neglected Tar (caricature) RMG PW4019

The Neglected Tar (caricature) Text in English of the ballad 'The Neglected Tar' appears below the image and the number 268 immediately above the song text. Thie illustration shows a naval seaman in tattered c... More

The Painted Hall Greenwich, from the Upper Hall, showing Nelson's funeral car RMG PU3934

The Painted Hall Greenwich, from the Upper Hall, showing Nelson's fune...

The Painted Hall Greenwich, from the Upper Hall, showing Nelson's funeral car A brown and grey wash drawing from the west end of the Upper Hall looking down the centre toward the east end. A figure, probably a ... More

The remains of Lord Viscount Nelson proceeding from Greenwich Hospital (detail) RMG PW4377

The remains of Lord Viscount Nelson proceeding from Greenwich Hospital...

The remains of Lord Viscount Nelson proceeding from Greenwich Hospital The poem below the image is attributed as an extract from 'Nelson's Tomb' by William Thomas Fitzgerald. The print shows the cortege bringin... More

The remains of Lord Viscount Nelson proceeding from Greenwich Hospital RMG PW4377

The remains of Lord Viscount Nelson proceeding from Greenwich Hospital...

The remains of Lord Viscount Nelson proceeding from Greenwich Hospital The poem below the image is attributed as an extract from 'Nelson's Tomb' by William Thomas Fitzgerald. The print shows the cortege bringin... More

The Royal Observatory, Greenwich RMG PU8920

The Royal Observatory, Greenwich RMG PU8920

The Royal Observatory, Greenwich A view of the Royal Observatory around 1830 from the eastern side of the hill on which it sits in Greenwich Park, looking directly at the closed main gate, with Flamsteed House ... More

The Thames from Greenwich Park RMG PW5995

The Thames from Greenwich Park RMG PW5995

The Thames from Greenwich ParkA summer holiday view north-west down the combe (Lovers' Walk) between the Royal Observatory and One-Tree Hill in Greenwich Park, towards Greenwich Hospital and London beyond. Ther... More

The waterfront at Greenwich RMG PZ0480

The waterfront at Greenwich RMG PZ0480

The waterfront at Greenwich This drawing, formerly misleadingly called 'The Pier at Greenwich' (which did not exist until the mid-19th century) appears to show the area roughly west of where the Bellot Monument... More

The West Dining-Hall (Greenwich Hospital) RMG PZ8790

The West Dining-Hall (Greenwich Hospital) RMG PZ8790

The West Dining-Hall (Greenwich Hospital) Looking west in the undercroft under the Painted Hall, toward the kitchens. Pensioners ate in the undercrofts from the time that Thornhill began to decorate the Painted... More

The West Kitchen (Greenwich Hospital) RMG PZ8789

The West Kitchen (Greenwich Hospital) RMG PZ8789

The West Kitchen (Greenwich Hospital) Pensioners being served in the west kitchen beneath the west end of the Painted Hall. The scales on the table are probably to measure out specified rations by weight or pro... More

Thos Scott (of the) Wager Ward (at Greenwich Hospital) RMG PU3532

Thos Scott (of the) Wager Ward (at Greenwich Hospital) RMG PU3532

Thos Scott [of the] Wager Ward (at Greenwich Hospital)A portrait of Greenwich Pensioner Thomas Scott, seated, with his right peg-leg stuck out in front of him. His lace suggests he may be the ward boatswain and... More

Tom Allen, the Faithful servant of Lord Nelson Born at Burnham Thorpe in The County of Norfolk, 1764. Died at the Royal Hospital Greenwich Nov 23. 1838 RMG PU4247

Tom Allen, the Faithful servant of Lord Nelson Born at Burnham Thorpe ...

Tom Allen, the Faithful servant of Lord Nelson Born at Burnham Thorpe in The County of Norfolk, 1764. Died at the Royal Hospital Greenwich Nov 23. 1838 See description of PAD3457, another copy. This one has a p... More

Tom Allen, The Faithful Servant of Lord Nelson. Born at Burnham Thorpe in The County of Norfolk. 1764. Died at the Royal Hospital Greenwich Nov 23. 1838. Tom Allen, AE 67 RMG PU3457

Tom Allen, The Faithful Servant of Lord Nelson. Born at Burnham Thorpe...

Tom Allen, The Faithful Servant of Lord Nelson. Born at Burnham Thorpe in The County of Norfolk. 1764. Died at the Royal Hospital Greenwich Nov 23. 1838. Tom Allen, AE 67Allen was Nelson's devoted but occasiona... More

View of Greenwich from the top of Greenwich Park RMG PZ6975

View of Greenwich from the top of Greenwich Park RMG PZ6975

View of Greenwich from the top of Greenwich Park A dramatic evening view in summer, looking north-west from One-Tree Hill in the Park towards distant London. A Greenwich Pensioner has his telescope set up to ea... More

View of Greenwich Hospital and the River Thames at Greenwich RMG PU9355

View of Greenwich Hospital and the River Thames at Greenwich RMG PU935...

View of Greenwich Hospital and the River Thames at GreenwichAn atmospheric, almost monochrome wash drawing over pencil, looking from beside the north front of the King Charles Court eastward along what is now A... More

'Greenwich Park, with the Royal Observatory, on Easter Monday' RMG PU2203

'Greenwich Park, with the Royal Observatory, on Easter Monday' RMG PU2...

'Greenwich Park, with the Royal Observatory, on Easter Monday' This is a well-known image of Greenwich at the time of its Easter Fair, which filled the streets of the town until the parish authorities abolished... More

Bodleian Libraries, Bachelor's Hall- written and composed by Mr. Dibdin, for his entertainment called The oddities

Bodleian Libraries, Bachelor's Hall- written and composed by Mr. Dibdi...

Advertisement of Sadler's Wells Theatre, April 30 1791, announcing The Oddities; Advertisement included for book of songs by Dibdin and others (see alternative titles). "Just published, price 6d plain, and 1s c... More

The Greenwich pensioner. Sung by Mr. Dibdin. Fleuron T196178-2

The Greenwich pensioner. Sung by Mr. Dibdin. Fleuron T196178-2

Fleuron from book: The Greenwich pensioner. Sung by Mr. Dibdin.

The greenwich pensioner Fleuron T205692-1

The greenwich pensioner Fleuron T205692-1

Fleuron from book: The greenwich pensioner. Written and composed by Mr. Dibdin, for his entertainment called The oddities.

James McNeill Whistler - Greenwich Pensioner - 1924.207 - Cleveland Museum of Art

James McNeill Whistler - Greenwich Pensioner - 1924.207 - Cleveland Mu...

Public domain scan of etching print from Cleveland Museum of Art, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

'Commodore' Samuel Wilkes, a Greenwich Pensioner, circa 1832 RMG BHC3092

'Commodore' Samuel Wilkes, a Greenwich Pensioner, circa 1832 RMG BHC30...

'Commodore' Samuel Wilkes, a Greenwich Pensioner, circa 1832 This is one of a series of nine head-and-shoulders portraits of Greenwich Pensioners by John Burnet. It shows Samuel Wilkes wearing a tricorn hat, j... More

'Commodore' Samuel Wilkes, a Greenwich Pensioner, circa 1832 RMG L9360

'Commodore' Samuel Wilkes, a Greenwich Pensioner, circa 1832 RMG L9360

'Commodore' Samuel Wilkes, a Greenwich Pensioner, circa 1832 This is one of a series of nine head-and-shoulders portraits of Greenwich Pensioners by John Burnet. It shows Samuel Wilkes wearing a tricorn hat, j... More

John Burnet - 'Handyson, a Greenwich Pensioner (b. 1757)' RMG BHC2741

John Burnet - 'Handyson, a Greenwich Pensioner (b. 1757)' RMG BHC2741

'Handyson, a Greenwich Pensioner (b. 1757)' This sensitive sketch is one of Burnet’s studies of old seamen for a painting of 1837 called ‘Greenwich Pensioners and Naval Heroes’, which was exhibited at the Brit... More

A Greenwich pensioner telling a story RMG BHC2278

A Greenwich pensioner telling a story RMG BHC2278

A Greenwich pensioner telling a story 'A Greenwich pensioner telling a story'.

Albert Bridge (?) during the Peace Pageant river procession, 4 August 1919 RMG BHC0652

Albert Bridge (?) during the Peace Pageant river procession, 4 August ...

Albert Bridge (?) during the Peace Pageant river procession, 4 August 1919 (Updated , May 2014) Oil painting, signed lower left, forming one of a group (BHC0649-BHC0652) previously misidentified as of the Cor... More

Greenwich from the Isle of Dogs RMG BHC3867

Greenwich from the Isle of Dogs RMG BHC3867

Greenwich from the Isle of Dogs (Updated, January 2016) A scene of the Thames at Greenwich viewed from a landing point on the Isle of Dogs. The bank running along the north shore, in the left foreground of the... More

Greenwich Hospital from the West Side RMG BHC1822

Greenwich Hospital from the West Side RMG BHC1822

Greenwich Hospital from the West Side A view down what is now College Walk, from the west towards the Grand Square. The artist has emphasised the dimensions of the buildings through his use of light and shadow... More

Sir James Thornhill - John Worley, 1624-1721 RMG BHC3102

Sir James Thornhill - John Worley, 1624-1721 RMG BHC3102

A head-and-shoulders portrait to right, in a natural-coloured coat and with a long white beard. This portrait was originally on a narrow oblong canvas but it is now in an oval with small additions on each side... More

John Burnet - Joseph Miller, a Greenwich Pensioner, circa 1832 RMG BHC2862

John Burnet - Joseph Miller, a Greenwich Pensioner, circa 1832 RMG BHC...

Joseph Miller, a Greenwich Pensioner, circa 1832 A head-and-shoulders portrait study of an elderly man in a woollen or cloth cap, wearing a jacket, waistcoat and stock. This is one of a series of nine head-and... More

John Burnet - Joseph Miller, a Greenwich Pensioner, circa 1832 RMG L9351

John Burnet - Joseph Miller, a Greenwich Pensioner, circa 1832 RMG L93...

Joseph Miller, a Greenwich Pensioner, circa 1832 A head-and-shoulders portrait study of an elderly man in a woollen or cloth cap, wearing a jacket, waistcoat and stock. This is one of a series of nine head-and... More

John Burnet - Portrait of a Greenwich Pensioner, ca. 1832 RMG BHC3148

John Burnet - Portrait of a Greenwich Pensioner, ca. 1832 RMG BHC3148

Portrait of a Greenwich Pensioner, ca. 1832 This is one of Burnet’s studies of old seamen for a painting of 1837 called ‘Greenwich Pensioners and Naval Heroes’ which was exhibited at the British Institution in... More

The King William Quadrangle, Greenwich Hospital RMG BHC1832

The King William Quadrangle, Greenwich Hospital RMG BHC1832

The King William Quadrangle, Greenwich Hospital The King William Quadrangle of Greenwich Hospital, showing the south façade of the Painted Hall looming to the left, and the colonnade in the background. The tim... More

The Painted Hall at Greenwich RMG BHC1814

The Painted Hall at Greenwich RMG BHC1814

The Painted Hall at Greenwich An interior sketch showing an impression of the stairs leading up from the entrance vestibule towards the columned east end of the Painted Hall at Greenwich. On the left a woman a... More

The Pensioner's Story RMG BHC1815

The Pensioner's Story RMG BHC1815

The Pensioner's Story Set in front of the King Charles Court of Greenwich Hospital, with the Thames out of view to the left, this shows a bearded and uniformed Greenwich Pensioner with a wooden leg, talking to... More

The United Service RMG BHC1159 - Public domain portrait painting

The United Service RMG BHC1159 - Public domain portrait painting

The United Service An interpretation of a meeting of army and navy veterans, the Chelsea Pensioners depicted dressed in scarlet coats and the pensioners of Greenwich Hospital in blue. They are portrayed during... More

John Burnet - Thomas Allen (1771-1838) a Greenwich pensioner RMG L9346

John Burnet - Thomas Allen (1771-1838) a Greenwich pensioner RMG L9346

Thomas Allen (1771-1838) a Greenwich Pensioner, circa 1832 Oil study for John Burnet's 'Greenwich Pensioners Commemorating the Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar' displayed at Apsley House, London. The NMM... More

Thomas Allen (1771-1838) a Greenwich Pensioner, circa 1832 RMG BHC2510

Thomas Allen (1771-1838) a Greenwich Pensioner, circa 1832 RMG BHC2510

Thomas Allen (1771-1838) a Greenwich Pensioner, circa 1832 Oil study for John Burnet's 'Greenwich Pensioners Commemorating the Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar' displayed at Apsley House, London. The NMM... More

The Wedding Dinner at Greenwich (August, 1865)

The Wedding Dinner at Greenwich (August, 1865)

John Rokesmith and Bella enjoying their wedding dinner with Bella's father The Wedding Dinner at Greenwich by Marcus Stone. Wood engraving by Dalziel. 9 cm high x 13.6 cm wide, vignetted. Second illustration f... More

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