The Greenwich pensioner [graphic].
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16192348
Description
- Title
- The Greenwich pensioner [graphic].
- Contributor
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Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814.
Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist.
Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, publisher. - Published / Created
- published as the act directs 9 Novr. 1790.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Printed for & sold by Carrington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
- Abstract
-
"An illustration to the song 'By Mr. Dibdin' which is engraved beneath the title. The old pensioner with a wooden leg, a pipe in his left hand, a cudgel under his left arm, stands, directed to the left, pointing across the Thames at the river front of Greenwich Hospital, but looking towards the spectator. The stern of a ship with partly furled sails is visible on the left."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title from text below image and above verses.
Probably after Robert Dighton; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1935,0522.1.35.
Text below title: By Mr. Dibdin.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Verse in four columns below title: 'Twas in the good ship Rober, I sail'd the world around ... Altho I'm quite disabled And lie in Greenwich tier, The King, God bless his royalty, Who saved me from the main, I'll praise with love and loyalty, But ne'er to Sea again.
Numbered "601" in lower left corner.
No. 40 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries.
Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering. - Provenance
- From the H.J. Peters sale, Sotheby's, lot 230; December 1960;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 35.1 x 24.9 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 C697 770
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) England 1790
Mezzotints England London 1790 - Material
- mezzotint with etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich.
- Subject (Topic)
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Amputees
Peg legs
Disabled veterans
Pipes (Smoking)
Sailors
British
Ships - Subjects
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Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich
Amputees
Peg legs
Disabled veterans
Pipes (Smoking)
Sailors > British
Ships
England > 1790
England > London > 1790
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 11663155
- Object ID (OID)
- 16192348
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