Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from publisher's street address., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Politics, British.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket and Printed by Graf & Soret
Subject (Name):
Royal Hospital (Chelsea, London, England).
Subject (Topic):
Veterans, Newspapers, Pipes (Smoking)., Drinking vessels, and Military uniforms
A furious veteran with a wooden leg and bandaged eye and a maid servant attack Sir Cecil Wray with a crutch and a broom, respectively. The maid stands on a piece of paper inscribed,"Tax on servants" and in front of a padlocked door to the "Register Off[ice] for Maid Serv[ants]." On the opposite side of the image, in the background, is the crumbling building of the Chelsea Hospital. A reference to Sir Cecil's proposals to tax the employers of maid servants and to close the Chelsea Hospital that housed disabled veterans
Alternative Title:
Sir Cecil chastised
Description:
Title from item. and Mounted to 28 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
Published April 2nd, 1784, by Willm Wells, No. 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and Westminster
Subject (Name):
Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805. and Royal Hospital (Chelsea, London, England).
Subject (Topic):
Great Britain, Politics and government, Political elections, Disabled veterans, Servants, Peg legs, Crutches, Brooms & brushes, and Politicians
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., From: Jan Kip, Noveau Theatre de la Grande Bretagne ..., In lower margin: To the Most Serene and Most Sacred Majesty Anne by the [Arms] Grace of God Queen of Great Britain France & Ireland &c. LII & LIII., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Title etched below each image., From: Walter Harrison, A new and universal history, description and survey of London and Westminster, the Borough of Southwark and their adjacent parts, London: J. Cooke, 1775., In top margin: Engraved for Harrison's History of London., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
John Cooke
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich. and Royal Hospital (Chelsea, London, England).
Title from item (in English and French)., Date from item., Place of publication derived from publisher's known location., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Chelsea Hospital; Hospitals, Great Britain.
Publisher:
Published according to Act of Parliament
Subject (Name):
Royal Hospital (Chelsea, London, England).
Subject (Topic):
Veterans' hospitals, Hospitals, Gardens, Rivers, and Rowboats
