Sujet

'The Chelsea Pensioner', Chelsea, London, c1840. Artist: Anon

Légende

'The Chelsea Pensioner', Chelsea, London, c1840. A war veteran in the traditional red uniform of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea sits reading from a newspaper to a young boy. The old man wears a medal on his chest, spectacles, and a tricorn hat with cockade. He holds a clay pipe in one hand.

Date

1840

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/City of London : The London Archives

Notre référence

HRM19A91_350

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

49.9Mo (2.6Mo) / 30.4cm x 41.2cm / 3587 x 4863 (300dpi)

Mots clés

London England glasses people male boy boys young man men hospital hat red old aged garden pipe guy spectacles reading clothes color colour uniform smoking dress war location century newspaper pensioner concept medal medals Army warfare OAP 19th century Chelsea Kensington and Chelsea nineteenth century Royal Hospital Guildhall Library & Art Gallery Chelsea Pensioner TGN lithograph Anon Anonymous W Spooner Spooner W