Title

Chelsea Pensioners reading the gazette of the Battle of Waterloo, Chelsea, London, 1815 Artist: Anon

Caption

Chelsea Pensioners reading the gazette of the Battle of Waterloo, Chelsea, London, 1815. Scene of excitement outside the Duke of York public house as Chelsea Pensioners and others, both civilians and men in uniform, hear of the of the Duke of Wellington's victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. A man reads from a newspaper to others round a table, one of whom is black. A man in military uniform holds up his baby as he listens, right. Others lean out of windows, and a soldier on horseback is offered a drink, left.

Date

1815

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Reference

HRM19A91_352

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,8Mb) / 15,9in x 12,2in / 4782 x 3653 (300dpi)

Keywords

building buildings London England female women woman people black male crowd man men excitement happiness happy pub guy listening public house color colour uniform dress war century victory newspaper pensioner news lady concept battle tavern Army warfare OAP Gazette 19th century Chelsea Kensington and Chelsea nineteenth century Guildhall Library & Art Gallery Battle of Waterloo Chelsea Pensioner TGN aquatint Anon Anonymous