The Greenwich Pensioner
Wood engraving of a Greenwich Pensioner seated to the right, leaning on a stick held between his knees in his right hand, smoking a pipe and with his face shaded by his hat - though not enough to conceal a red drinker's nose. Lines from a song by Charles Dibdin (possibly 'The Greenwich Pensioner') are below the title: '-I'm a seaman and only three-score:- / A d--d bad joke that this battered old hulk / Can't be fitted out for sea once more.' This image may relate to PAI8797 in terms of original source. It is mounted on a sheet with PAI8792-PAI8793 and PAI8795-PAI8797.
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Object Details
ID: | PAI8794 |
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Collection: | Fine art |
Type: | |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Unknown |
Date made: | Probably 1850s |
People: | Greenwich Pensioner |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Sheet: 152 x 98 mm |