In the foreground, the veterans with wooden legs and on crutches try to get away from the crumbling facade of the Chelsea Hospital. Several of them lie on the ground crushed by the fallen columns. In the background, a group of women, outraged by the p...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 30th, 1784, by Mrs. Dacheray, St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805 and Royal Hospital (Chelsea, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Disabled veterans, Peg legs, Servants, Chamber pots, and Building failures
In the foreground, the veterans with wooden legs and on crutches try to get away from the crumbling facade of the Chelsea Hospital. Several of them lie on the ground crushed by the fallen columns. In the background, a group of women, outraged by the p...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 30th, 1784, by Mrs. Dacheray, St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805 and Royal Hospital (Chelsea, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Disabled veterans, Peg legs, Servants, Chamber pots, and Building failures
