File:Greenwich Pensioner RMG PU2210.tiff
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| Author |
Charles Castle |
| Description |
English: 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 Admiralty-pattern anchor. This in turn leans against a small gun on a sea-carriage, pointing toward the viewer. The Pensioner wears Hospital uniform, including cocked hat and is smoking a clay pipe. He has a book open in his right hand across the wider page of which, inverted, is printed the word 'TRAFALGAR'. A hook replaces his left hand and he raises this arm in salute to the viewer. He also has a peg-leg (right leg) and his crutch lies on the paving beside him. Behind, rather too closely set, the domes of Greenwich Hospital appear above trees with the masts of a ship on the right, the main flying a pennant inscribed 'VICTORY'. The impression that the Pensioner might be seated on the roof of the Queen's House is false. The setting is invented, as shown by a matching print (PAD2211) of a Chelsea Pensioner, similarly posed, facing viewer's left, on a bench by a parapet, with a mortar and a view of Chelsea Hospital behind. The present example, entitled 'Greenwich' bears the inscription 'Designed and Etched by Chas. Castle'; the pair, entitled 'Chelsea', bears only Castle's address, '41 Castle St. Holburn'. |
| Date | early 19th century |
| Notes | Box Title: Greenwich 1800-1828. |
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/106361 |
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
| Identifier | id number: PAD2210 |
| Collection | Fine art |
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| current | 13:48, 14 September 2017 |  | 1,339 × 2,100 (8.07 MB) | Offnfopt (talk | contribs) | adjusted colors until alternative solution is available |
| 12:52, 14 September 2017 |  | 1,339 × 2,100 (8.05 MB) | Fæ (talk | contribs) | Royal Museums Greenwich Fine art, http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/106361 #1267 |
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