Descriptions of battles by sea & land in two volumes, from the Kings Library's at Greenwich & Chelsea / [graphic]

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Title: Descriptions of battles by sea & land in two volumes, from the Kings Library's at Greenwich & Chelsea / [graphic]
Alternative Title: Descriptions of battles by sea and land
Creator: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Contributor: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist, publisher.
Published / Created: [March 1801]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Robert Dighton
Abstract: "Two jovial old pensioners sit together on a bench, smoking and gesticulating. The sailor (left) holds a frothing tankard, and raises his pipe above his head; his wooden leg extends stiffly. The soldier turns his head in profile to the left, gesticulating with his right hand; he has lost his left arm. Both are neatly dressed."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Temporary local subject terms: Medical: wooden leg -- Greenwich Hospital pensioner -- Chelsea Hospital pensioner -- Pensioners.
Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Prostheses -- Greenwich Hospitals -- Chelsea Hospital.
Provenance identification in contemporary hand near bottom of print.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. ix; May 1954;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 22.1 x 17.4 cm, on sheet 34 x 24 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures
Satires (Visual works) England 1801
Etchings England London 1801
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain.
Subject (Name): Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich.
Royal Hospital (Chelsea, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Hospitals
Prosthesis
Amputees
Older people
Veterans
Disabled veterans
Peg legs
Pipes (Smoking)
Drinking vessels
Subjects: Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich
Royal Hospital (Chelsea, London, England)
Hospitals > Great Britain
Prosthesis
Amputees
Older people
Veterans
Disabled veterans
Peg legs
Pipes (Smoking)
Drinking vessels
England > 1801
England > London > 1801

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