"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, gesticula...
Alternative Title:
Descriptions of battles by sea and land
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich. and Royal Hospital (Chelsea, London, England)
"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, gesticula...
Alternative Title:
Descriptions of battles by sea and land
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich. and Royal Hospital (Chelsea, London, England)
"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, gesticula...
Alternative Title:
Descriptions of battles by sea and land
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich. and Royal Hospital (Chelsea, London, England)
"Brook Watson (1735-1807) walks in profile to the right, using a sturdy tasselled cane; his right hand is in his coat-pocket. He is well preserved; a slight stoop suggests hurried walking (on his (right) wooden leg) rather than age. He wears a round h...
Alternative Title:
Elderly man with peg leg and cane
Description:
Title and printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
"Brook Watson (1735-1807) walks in profile to the right, using a sturdy tasselled cane; his right hand is in his coat-pocket. He is well preserved; a slight stoop suggests hurried walking (on his (right) wooden leg) rather than age. He wears a round h...
Alternative Title:
Elderly man with peg leg and cane
Description:
Title and printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
